NHS debt warning overshadows Hewitt speech

The NHS could be up to £1.2bn in debt, double previous estimates, a healthcare thinktank warned today. The number of NHS trusts that began the current financial year in debt was also higher than the 25% the Department of Health … Continue reading →

The frontline is hurting

Leader: Has the health service just had its best year ever?

The NHS cash crisis

This week Guardian Unlimited is running a special investigation into why NHS finances are in such poor shape. Five experts give us their verdicts in a series of comment pieces and podcasts.

Let’s not get stuck in the queue

There is more to improving the NHS than cutting patient waiting times, argues John Appleby.

Industry lobbying ‘derailed junk food ban’

· Broadcasting regulator met food bosses 29 times · Advertising controls too weak, say campaigners

NHS trust in cash crisis over £6m in unpaid bills

· Stockpile of invoices found by maternity cover · Auditors say deficit of £21m needs to be repaid

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