NHS cash crisis in Kent halts non-urgent surgery until April West Kent clinical commissioning group is trying to save £3.2m by delaying non-urgent operations until new financial year.
An NHS body has run so short of money that it has banned patients in its area from having non-urgent surgery for up to 102 days in an unprecedented move that doctors have condemned as unfair and damaging.
Around 1,700 patients will be affected by West Kent clinical commissioning group’s (CCG) attempt to save £3.2m by delaying non-urgent operations from 20 December last year until the new financial year starts in April. Continue reading... The Guardian
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