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LABOUR demanded an investigation yesterday into claims that NHS funding figures were fiddled to save the skin of Tory Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt.
Final quarter figures on spending by NHS trusts revealed yesterday that the health service is facing the biggest financial crisis in its history.
Trusts declared an unprecedented deficit of £2.45 billion in 2014/15 — a black hole three times bigger than the previous year — though this was lower than a £2.8bn shortfall forecast from earlier in the year.
Years of underfunding are eroding Scotland’s local services and deepening inequality in communities, says VINCE MILLS
Politicians who continue to welcome contracts with US companies without considering the risks and consequences of total dependency in the years to come are undermining the raison d’etre of the NHS, argues Dr JOHN PUNTIS
Reversing outsourcing is the pre-election promise the government must honour, says Unison general secretary CHRISTINA McANEA
