NHS chiefs soften 'brutal' cost-cutting plan after huge backlash Health service’s financial regulator waters down proposal for 14 areas in England after warnings that patient care would suffer
NHS bosses have been forced to backtrack on controversial plans to impose “brutal” cost-cutting measures that involved delaying operations, denying patients treatment and closing hospital wards.
NHS Improvement (NHSI), the service’s financial regulator, has watered down proposals it drew up alongside NHS England after doctors, health charities and senior NHS staff in the 14 affected areas of England reacted with anger, amazement and warnings that patients would suffer. Continue reading... The Guardian
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