NHS facing 'job cuts and rising waiting lists'

Subject: NHS facing 'job cuts and rising waiting lists' Fri Nov 12, 2010 2:27 am

The NHS faces a period of job cuts, clogged hospital wards and rising waiting times, nurse leaders have said.

The Royal College of Nursing said patients should be concerned about the future - despite the health service escaping the worst of the cuts.

The union said it had identified almost 27,000 posts it believes are under threat in the UK and warned that services could suffer in the future.

But NHS chiefs said any savings being made should not harm patient care.

The NHS in England was one of only two areas of spending not to be cut in the recent spending review.

Instead, it was given the equivalent of 0.1% annual rises for the next four years once inflation is taken into account.

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NHS facing 'job cuts and rising waiting lists'

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