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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Denis Campbell Health policy editor

Hospitals in England reducing staff and services as part of NHS ‘financial reset’

Trusts are planning to shrink their workforce by up to 1,500 posts each, even though they fear that could damage the quality or safety of care.
Trusts are planning to shrink their workforce by up to 1,500 posts each, even though they fear that could damage the quality or safety of care. Photograph: Jeff Moore/PA

Hospitals in England are cutting staff, closing services and planning to ration care in order to make “eye-watering” savings demanded by NHS bosses.

Rehabilitation centres face being shut, talking therapies services cut and beds for end-of-life care reduced as part of efforts by England’s 215 NHS trusts to comply with a “financial reset”.

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