NHS cash crisis 'to hit patient care'
But how can they be in a cash crisis if spending has grown at 7% since 1999 and, as the Department of Health says, "there is more money in the NHS than ever before"?
One in four of all trusts said they had made staff redundant, while 75% had brought in recruitment freezes.
In October 2005 the Royal College of Nursing predicted that NHS deficits would hit £1 billion with up to three-thousand NHS posts lost.
"These predictions were dismissed by the government, yet we are now seeing a situation that is deteriorating. We have real concerns about the stability of NHS finances, especially in view of the roll-out of reforms such as Patient Choice and Payment by Results."
In October 2005 the Royal College of Nursing predicted that NHS deficits would hit £1 billion with up to three-thousand NHS posts lost.
"These predictions were dismissed by the government, yet we are now seeing a situation that is deteriorating. We have real concerns about the stability of NHS finances, especially in view of the roll-out of reforms such as Patient Choice and Payment by Results."
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