HEALTH bosses intend to cut £50 million from NHS services in the York area over the next four years, as the city faces a mounting funding crisis.
Six areas have been targeted for spending cuts by 2020/21 by the Vale of York CCG, which covers an area including York, Selby, Tadcaster, Easingwold and parts of East Yorkshire including Pocklington.
Locally the financial deficit is expected to reach £24.1m in 2016/17, a gap which is set to grow to £45.5m in 2017/18.
A report by Vale of York Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) identified areas of “immediate financial opportunity”, by making cuts in areas labelled:
- elective orthopaedics
- out of hospital
- outpatients
- continuing healthcare
- prescribing
- high-cost drugs