[nomadking]

Originally Posted by Mr K

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/he...-a7775571.html


But I guess the great British public will vote Tory anyway

The controversial measures are being discussed privately between top officials from NHS England and NHS Improvement and health managers in 14 areas of the country with the highest levels of overspending.

ONLY in 14 areas that overspend.

How about this one?

An NHS foundation trust heading for a £20m deficit is cutting jobs and reducing services to retain the right to administer itself.
Heatherwood and Wexham Park Hospitals Foundation Trust has been placed under close scrutiny by Monitor, which regulates foundation trusts.
The financial crisis is embarrassing for the government because NHS foundation trusts are awarded administrative autonomy supposedly in recognition of good management.
The local overspend comes as both Labour and the Conservatives are warning about the need for massive "efficiency cuts" in the NHS in the coming years.

Or doesn't that count as that was 2009 under LABOUR.

From June 2009

NHS trusts will have to deliver between £15 billion and £20 billion in efficiency savings over three years from 2011 to 2014, David Nicholson, the NHS chief executive, told health service finance directors in a speech delivered behind closed doors.

The steep cuts would be equivalent to up to six per cent of the current NHS budget.

Health trusts which fail to deliver the required savings could face tough new penalties following a review by the Department of Health of its enforcement regime.

So in 2009, LABOUR were planning 6% cuts.
Nottingham University Hospitals report from 2012

The annual staff survey demonstrated that staff morale
was relatively low compared with peer trusts in 2009. This was not
unexpected after a significant period of change that included a sizeable
merger, a new leadership team,organisational restructuring, cost cutting, reduction of staff posts, and adjustments to services and staffing.
...
in 2006/7, cost reductions of £20.9million were achieved. However,
this was accompanied by an adverse impact on quality, operational performance, and patient and staff experience.

Wasn't 2006/7 before any financial problems?
Post 2010 from same report.

In 2010/11 and 2011/12 higher levels of cost-reduction
were achieved with many areas demonstrating
accompanying improvements in quality, efficiency, and
patient and staff experience. This has been achieved
through a focus on improving quality and ensuring that
costs released from the organisation are the result of
working better and differently – the basis of Better for
You.

6-month figures for 2006-07 show that 178 NHS organisations are currently in overall deficit (70 NHS trusts and 108 PCTs).

Senior management 1999 24,287, 2005 39,391 increase 62.2%

NHS and healthcare to bear the brunt of 2009 budget cuts

The NHS and the Department of Health took the biggest hit yesterday as the labour government allocated its £5bn cut in public spending for next year, which it claims will be made up by efficiency savings.

And I'm very sure there are plenty more examples where they came from.