| NHS trusts are forecasting an end-of-year net deficit of around £2.3bn finds the latest quarterly monitoring report from The King’s Fund. The estimate, based on survey responses from 83 trusts, comes as NHS national bodies are imposing stringent financial controls in an effort to reduce the deficit to £1.8bn by the end of the financial year. This underlines the risk that the DH will breach parliamentary protocol by overspending its budget. |
