31 August 2014

UK "PRIVATE EYE" #1373: NHS FUNDING CRISIS

"MD" quotes NUFFIELD TRUST: REPORT July 2014 :" With hospital finances increasingly weak,growing pressure on staffing and the goal of moving care out of hospitals and into the community proving elusive, the NHS is heading for a funding crisis this year or next."
 
"The CONNECTING FOR HEALTH NHS IT disaster cost an estimated (GBP) 12bn, with many hospitals squandering  large amounts on useless IT".

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