The future of the NHS hospital payment system in England
From recovery to transformation
About 1 min
- Briefing
- Funding and finances
- NHS and social care reform
- REAL Centre
The whole health service needs to recover well from COVID-19 and transform to meet the challenges of the post-pandemic environment.
This briefing, produced with Frontier Economics, considers these challenges and the role of a new payment system in meeting them as the NHS embarks on further reform and recovery from the pandemic. It begins by setting out the kinds of payment structures available to the NHS and describes the hallmarks of a ‘good’ system. It concludes by exploring what kind of system will be needed for the immediate COVID-19 recovery and to transform care.
About the authors
Matthew Bell is a Director at Frontier Economics where he leads Frontier’s Health and Care work.
Richard Lewis is an independent consultant and Senior Associate at Frontier Economics where he advises on health care reform.
Anita Charlesworth is Director of Research and the REAL Centre at the Health Foundation.