Four out of five NHS trusts providing acute hospital care report deficit

Four out of five NHS trusts providing acute hospital care report deficit Figure emerges in report into NHS finances warning that measures to ease pressure on A&E departments are not working

Four out of five foundation trusts involved in the provision of acute hospital services were reporting a deficit by last autumn, the public accounts committee has disclosed.

The figure has emerged in a report into NHS finances which has warned that measures to ease pressure on accident and emergency departments are not working. Continue reading... The Guardian

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• NHS paying locum doctors £1,760 a day to cover chronic staff shortages The Guardian