NHS faces decade of austerity as report wants on its future

The range of services available free on the NHS should be reconsidered, financial experts have said, after research suggests that the health service is facing a decade of austerity.

Public funding for health is set to be tight for at least 10 years, the Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) said. In a report mapping the longer-term financial challenge facing the health service, researchers claim NHS spending to 2015 will be the tightest four-year period in the last 50 years.