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<p>With the financial controls package and help from system leads, we are working
towards delivering a balanced position against the overall spending controls in this
financial year, despite an unprecedented level of deficit in the National Health Service
provider sector.</p><br /><p>The NHS must now put in place cost-control measures we
have introduced, like clamping down on agency spend, limiting the use of management
consultants and making sure trusts have to justify the pay package of any manager
who is paid more than the Prime Minister, while we continue to work with hospitals
on ways to improve productivity and reduce waste.</p><br /><p>This year, we are investing
£173 million of additional money in mental health, including £30 million for services
for young people with eating disorders. We are taking a targeted and phased approach
to the additional investment, to enable local areas to develop additional capacity
and a collaborative approach across health, education and children’s services. This
is what is needed to make a real difference.</p><br /><p>We remain committed to providing
the additional £1.25 billion investment in mental health services over the next five
years, as announced in the Budget 2015.</p><p><strong></strong></p><p><strong></strong></p>
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