Articles on the deficit

NHS England forecasting first ever overspend

By NHS Support Federation | 27th July 2016

The overall NHS England budget is forecast to be overspent for the first time in 2016-17, and 45 clinical commissioning … Read more

NHS bosses launch ‘reset’ plan to tackle £2.45bn deficit

By NHS Support Federation | 21st July 2016

NHS bosses have launched a plan to “reset” the health service’s broken finances that will see overspending hospitals taken into … Read more

Report urges rethink on seven-day service

By NHS Support Federation | 20th July 2016

The NHS cannot meet demand with current levels of funding — and politicians must be honest with the public about … Read more

Jeremy Hunt has broken NHS funding pledges, report finds

By NHS Support Federation | 19th July 2016

The government has broken its pledges on NHS funding and is misleading the public about how much extra money it … Read more

Government must solve NHS cash crisis, says UNISON

By NHS Support Federation | 19th July 2016

Commenting on the publication today (Tuesday) of the Health Select Committee report on the government’s spending review, UNISON head of health … Read more

NHS finances outside the EU: Health Foundation analysis of the impact on NHS finances of the UK leaving the European Union

By NHS Support Federation | 11th July 2016

This briefing explores what the UK leaving the EU might mean for funding of the NHS in England. It then … Read more

Deficits in the NHS 2016: A King’s Fund Report

By NHS Support Federation | 11th July 2016

Unaudited figures indicate that NHS commissioners (clinical commissioning groups and NHS England) and providers in aggregate ended 2015/16 in deficit … Read more

BMA’s appeal for boost in NHS funding rejected by David Cameron

By NHS Support Federation | 3rd July 2016

David Cameron has rejected an appeal to give the NHS more money based on the leave campaign’s pledge to put … Read more

Mackey abandons plan for NHS providers to balance this year

By NHS Support Federation | 31st May 2016

The regulator of the NHS provider sector has admitted it will not be brought into the black this year, in … Read more

NHS figures are bad, but the true underlying deficit may be even worse

By NHS Support Federation | 23rd May 2016

NHS providers have reported colossal deficits. The scale of the cash crunch is unprecedented in the history of the health … Read more