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'Something needs to change' says DHSC minister 

Lawrie Hooper made the statement at the 2023 Isle of Man Government Conference 

The health and social care minister says he believes 'something needs to change' to solve the funding gap in the health sector. 

Lawrie Hooper made the statement at the 2023 Isle of Man Government Conference which was held this week. 

Manx Care is forecasting significant overspend - something he says isn't sustainable.

Mr Hooper adds the Sir Johnathon report published in 2019 indicated that if government did not solve the problem the funding gap would 'balloon' to hundreds of millions of pounds rather than hundreds of thousands:

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