Securing our Future Health: Taking a Long-Term View
An Interim Report
Derek Wanless
November 2001
Budget 2001 announced that Derek Wanless, former Group Chief Executive of NatWest Bank, would undertake a review of the technological, demographic and medical trends over the next two decades that will affect the Health Service. The review will report to the Chancellor in time to inform the 2002 Spending Review.
This interim report sets out for consultation the evidence compiled so far and explains the approach to its analysis. It consists of three sections:
Section A:
- Provides an overview and summarises the issues for consultation;
Section B
- Outlines the historical context (Chapter 3);
- Explores the issues around financing health care (Chapter 4) and;
- Gives the international context to the Review (Chapter 5).
Section C
- Assesses the impact of health trends (Chapter 6);
- Analyses public expectations for the health service (Chapter 7);
- Discusses the issues around delivering a high quality service (Chapter 8);
- Explores changing health needs (Chapter 9);
- Considers technological advances (Chapter 10);
- Describes workforce and productivity issues (Chapter 11);and
- Looks at the differences between countries within the UK (Chapter 12).
The interim report is available below in Adobe Acrobat Portable Document Format (PDF). If you do not have Adobe Acrobat installed on your computer you can download the software free of charge from the Adobe website.
For alternative ways to read PDF documents and further information on website accessibility visit the HM Treasury accessibility page.
Media links
- PDF file of Chapter 1: Introduction and Chapter 2: Overview and Issues for Consultation
- PDF file of Chapter 3: Background to the Review and Chapter 4: Financing Health Care
- PDF file of Chapter 5: How does the UK match up to other countries and Chapter 6: Assessing the impact of health trends over the next 20 years
- PDF file of Chapter 7: Expectations for the health service and Chapter 8: Delivering high quality
- PDF file of Chapter 9: Changing health care needs and Chapter 10: Technology and medical advance
- PDF file of Chapter 11: The future workforce and Chapter 12: Differences within the UK
- PDF file of Annexes
Copies of the proceedings of the Health Trends Conference of 18-19 October 2001 are available from the Treasury's Public Enquiry Unit on 020 7270 4558.