Friday 9 January 2015

NHS trusts will have to make tough choices about their future

NHS trusts will have to make tough choices about their future Unviable finances could see the strongest providers being pushed to support struggling organisations

Kailash Chand: 2014 was the year the cracks began to show in the NHS

Many trusts have already failed in their first aim for 2015 – to keep out of the election campaign headlines. But the sheer number of trusts taking emergency measures such as opening extra beds is now so large that it has become more of a badge of honour than a reason for regulators to begin investigations.

Nonetheless, the brutality already evident in the tone of the political debate in the run-up to polling day means trust leaders are more sensitive than ever to incidents that could put them at the centre of a national controversy. That thinking will dominate the next four months. Continue reading... The Guardian

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