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[NHS](https://twentyfiveseven.co.uk/mission/) trusts have actually been asked to make drastic cuts as the service faces a forecasted shortfall of almost ₤ 7 billion, health leaders warned today.
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In a study for NHS Providers, 47 percent of trust leaders cautioned they are rolling back services to balance the books, while another 43 percent are considering doing so.
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Rehabilitation centres, talking treatments and diabetes services for young individuals are amongst services at risk.
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Eighty-six per cent of participants stated their organisation is needing to cut jobs in non-clinical teams, while 37 per cent plan to cut clinical posts.
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A variety of trusts are intending to cut 500 tasks or more, with one planning as many as 1,000.
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NHS union Unison's head of health stated: "Ministers shouldn't be insisting trusts stabilize their books while ignoring the damaging consequences for patient care and a demoralised workforce.
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"The [NHS](https://twentyfiveseven.co.uk/mission/) needs more staff - not fewer workers - if hold-ups and waits for patients are to end."
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It comes as NHS chief executive Sir Jim Mackey informed a Medical Journalists Association occasion in London the service had "maxed out on what is budget-friendly."
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He stated that the NHS was most likely to have a ₤ 6.6 bn deficit this year, in spite of a spending plan of around ₤ 200bn.
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Though he has required extraordinary savings, he knocked the "normalisation" of poor care, stating that, 10 years earlier, "we would have never ever accepted old women being on corridors beside an [A&E] department for hours on end."
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We Own It founder and director Cat Hobbs said: "Back in 2012, the NHS was rated as the very best health care service on the planet.
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"That was before the legislation that intentionally opened up our whole NHS to profiteering.
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"Sir Jim Mackey is dead-on to say that clients being treated in passages and automobile parks is undesirable. If he wishes to stop this scandal while saving money, he should end privatisation as quickly as possible.
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