Deficits in the NHS 2016

Deficits in the NHS 2016 Unaudited figures indicate that NHS commissioners (clinical commissioning groups and NHS England) and providers in aggregate ended 2015/16 in deficit for the second year running. This briefing draws on data from our quarterly monitoring reports, secondary research and interviews with health care leaders to consider commissioner and provider finances in the round and to provide an overview of the factors that have led to the NHS going into deficit. It goes on to outline some of the strategies being employed to restore financial balance, before drawing together our thoughts on the implications of these strategies for the NHS this year and in the longer term. The King's Fund

See also:

• Politicians must be honest with the public about the NHS The King's Fund
• NHS trusts are in the red and need emergency bailouts or patient care will get even worse The Daily Mail
• Fewer staff in NHS needed to get finances balanced OnMedica