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NHS’s finances worse than previously thought
The Guardian has reported that NHS Improvement has delayed publishing new information about the health service’s serious shortages of both money and staff.
The newspaper claims that the NHS’s financial regulator has delayed the publication after reported lobbying by the government, without giving a reason for the hold-up.
It is believed that the figures indicate worse NHS finances than previously believed, with the data showing the full extent of the health service’s widespread lack of doctors and nurses for the first time.
NHS Improvement’s findings will show that NHS trusts are now expected to end 2018-19 approximately £900 million in deficit, which is more than the £500 million original target that ministers and NHS bosses hoped hospitals would maintain.
The report will also outline the NHS’s own estimate of the number of vacancies it has.
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