A View from Frontier Economics: Budget Pressures & Opportunities for Healthcare

I always find these big economic conversations fascinating, especially when they hit right at the heart of healthcare challenges we're all facing.As a representative of community pharmacies in England and Wales I have seen first hand how Treasury’s decisions, for examples the rise in business rates, rise in the National Insurance (NI), and the overall funding envelop, affects community pharmacies, primary care our wider healthcare care system.In this episode of Let's Talk Health, I sit down with Matthew Bell Director as Frontier Economics to unpack some of the above and discuss the real impact of economic decisions made by the Government on healthcare, what this year’s Treasury budget might bring, the state of NHS technology and what solutions are needed to put the NHS and health delivery on the right trajectory.I also asked Mathew what his views are about the policies of various political parties and which ones are more friendly to the healthcare sector.Matthew's insights are extremely valuable for anyone in healthcare wrestling with these pressures. If you're feeling the fiscal squeeze or excited about AI's potential, this will give you fresh ideas to take forward.Let's Talk Health is produced by Urban Podcasts.