The NHS faces a "financial crisis"next year as a budget freeze imposed by the Coalition risks pushing most hospital trusts into deficit, a leading think-tank has warned. 'In a grim message to all three major parties, the King's Fund said that whoever wins next May's general election will need to find more funding for the NHS or face up to the reality of "significant cuts to services". ..... Two-thirds of NHS trust finance directors were concerned that their hospital would go into deficit in 2015-16.' (Independent, 15 April) In all the rosy promises of the next election we can well imagine none of the reformers will mention forthcoming NHS financial cuts. That's not what electioneering is about. RD
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