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<p>The National Health Service has agreed to double its annual efficiency target from
1.1% to 2.2%. The ‘2023/24 priorities and operational planning’ guidance, published
on 23 December 2022, sets out key objectives to deliver this target over the year
ahead. This includes supporting a more productive workforce, taking advantage of opportunities
to deploy staff more flexibly, increasing theatre productivity, drawing on ‘Getting
It Right First Time’ guidance, reducing agency spending, reducing corporate running
costs, reducing procurement and supply chain costs, improving inventory management,
and purchasing medicines at the most effective price point.</p>
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