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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Aletha Adu Political correspondent

Jeremy Hunt ‘accepts picture’ of NHS on brink of collapse, but efficiencies must be found

Staff nurses on a hospital ward.
Hunt said there would be ‘some difficult decisions’ after being asked about nurses’ pay. Photograph: Victoria Jones/PA Media

The chancellor has said he accepts “the picture that the NHS is on the brink of collapse” but warned the struggling service will also need to play its part in helping fix Britain’s broken economy.

Jeremy Hunt said there were “massive pressures in the NHS … with doctors, nurses on the frontline frankly under unbearable pressure”. However, he said the service received a lot of money and “we need to do everything we can to find efficiencies”.

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