'If I was to turn it into workforce, I technically can’t afford one in 10 of my workforce'
An NHS boss has spoken out about the “extraordinary” challenges the health service is currently facing – telling MSPs his health board technically cannot afford a tenth of the staff working for it.
And he said that achieving efficiency savings would not be enough to tackle the problems – warning instead that “real difficult decisions” may have to be made. Speaking about the financial situation, he told the committee that the scale of the gap in funds was such that “if I was to turn it into workforce, I technically can’t afford one in 10 of my workforce, but clearly I need all of those people and more to deliver the service demands we are facing”.
Adding that demographic challenges in the coming decades – with Scotland having an aging population – could create an “existential challenge to our current service models” Mr Ace said there was a need to be “radical” in redesigning services. His comments came as he told members of Holyrood’s Heath, Social Care and Sport Committee about work being done by NHS Dumfries and Galloway to try to improve best value, reduce waste and improve efficiency and performance.
He added that NHS boards, particularly smaller boards like Dumfries and Galloway, are “going to have to collaborate regionally to a level of engagement we have not managed before”.
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