NHS finance chiefs warn of poorer care and longer waiting times

NHS finance chiefs warn of poorer care and longer waiting times Rationing of services likely as hospital chiefs say they can’t make savings vital for reform

NHS finance managers warn today that patients are set to experience poorer care, longer waiting times for treatment and greater rationing.

A grim outlook for the NHS’s finances is also likely to see many hospitals fail to make savings that ministers have said are vital and put plans for the service to reform how it operates in serious doubt. Continue reading... The Guardian

See also:

• The Guardian view on NHS finances: even the fantasy figures look bad | Editorial The Guardian
• NHS hospitals in England reveal £2.45bn record deficit The Guardian
• Simon Stevens: trying to steer the NHS through tumultuous times The Guardian