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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Health
Storm Newton

NHS financial crisis deepens as trusts report £780 million deficit

Many organisations within the health service are grappling with a "perilous" financial situation, as analysis reveals NHS trusts collectively ran a deficit exceeding three-quarters of a billion pounds last year.

This is compelling health leaders to make "increasingly difficult choices" that are impacting patient care and could result in further job cuts, according to the King’s Fund.

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