Tuesday 29 May 2018

NHS deficit last year twice as high as expected, say sources

NHS deficit last year twice as high as expected, say sources Likely overspend will bolster calls for ministers to increase funding for health service.

Hospitals in England ended last year with twice as big a deficit as expected, according to sources, in another illustration of the NHS’s fragile finances.

NHS Improvement (NHSI), the health service’s financial regulator, will reveal the overspend when it releases full details on Thursday of how the NHS performed in 2017-18. Sources close to the publication of the annual health check confirmed NHS trusts ended 2017-18 “about £1bn” in the red. Continue reading... The Guardian

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