NHS cuts are blamed for 120,000 extra deaths An extra 120,000 patients have died in the past seven years following cuts to health and social care budgets, a major study has found.
The patients were all over 60 and the majority died in care homes or their own homes, rather than in hospital.
Researchers from Cambridge University likened the cuts to 'economic murder' and said local NHS and social care funding means vulnerable patients are not receiving the help they badly need.
They also linked a fall in nurse numbers, particularly to district nurses who work in the community, to the additional deaths. The Daily Mail
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The patients were all over 60 and the majority died in care homes or their own homes, rather than in hospital.
Researchers from Cambridge University likened the cuts to 'economic murder' and said local NHS and social care funding means vulnerable patients are not receiving the help they badly need.
They also linked a fall in nurse numbers, particularly to district nurses who work in the community, to the additional deaths. The Daily Mail
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