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Nineteen NHS trusts have been referred to ministers after auditors raised concerns about their financial health.
The Audit Commission made the move after reviewing the health of 98 trusts running a combination of hospital, ambulance and community services.
The referrals have been made because the trusts have failed to break even and do not have robust enough plans to balance the books in the coming years.
The number represents nearly a four-fold rise from five last year.
It is another sign of the growing financial problems being seen in the health service. Earlier this month the Nuffield Trust warned that a quarter of trusts had finished the year in deficit, but that included nearly 250 trusts across the whole health service.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-28439323
It irks me that the 'government spokesman' responses are invariably glib and do not respond to the problem (whatever the problem, not just health). Ringfencing the budget at 2010 levels is not a solution when costs and workload are increasing and inflation is taken into account.
The Audit Commission made the move after reviewing the health of 98 trusts running a combination of hospital, ambulance and community services.
The referrals have been made because the trusts have failed to break even and do not have robust enough plans to balance the books in the coming years.
The number represents nearly a four-fold rise from five last year.
It is another sign of the growing financial problems being seen in the health service. Earlier this month the Nuffield Trust warned that a quarter of trusts had finished the year in deficit, but that included nearly 250 trusts across the whole health service.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-28439323
It irks me that the 'government spokesman' responses are invariably glib and do not respond to the problem (whatever the problem, not just health). Ringfencing the budget at 2010 levels is not a solution when costs and workload are increasing and inflation is taken into account.