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The NHS in East Anglia has recorded a deficit over three and a half times larger than the South East Coast Strategic Health Authority area, the only other area of the country in the red |
South Norfolk MP Richard Bacon has said that it is 'shocking' that the NHS in the East of England has a deficit of £153 million, as a new report finds that the East is one of only two regions recording a deficit.
Mr Bacon said: “It is shocking that the NHS in East Anglia has
recorded a deficit over three and a half times larger than the only
other area of the country in the red. This is a stark illustration
of the chronic under-funding of health services in the East compared
with what is needed”.
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“When doctors at the Norfolk and Norwich Hospital are forced to treat patients in the car park because there is not a single bed available in the whole hospital, one cannot blame local NHS managers. It is quite obvious that local resources are being pushed well beyond what is tolerable. The responsibility for this rests squarely with central government”. Mr Bacon, a member of the Commons public accounts committee, was speaking as the National Audit Office published its report on the 2006-07 accounts of the NHS in England. Strategic Health Authorities are responsible for performance management of the NHS within their geographical area. Only two of the ten Strategic Health Authority areas in England reported a deficit in 2006-07 (East of England and South East Coast), down from seven in 2005. The report finds that the East of England Strategic Health Authority area recorded a deficit of £153 million, over three and a half times larger than the South East Coast Strategic Health Authority area’s deficit of £42.7 million.
11 December 2007 See also:
NAO REPORT:
NHS Summarised Accounts 2006-07
PARLIAMENT:
MP debates Norfolk's health cash crisis
PARLIAMENT:
MP says NHS deficit is causing local
damage
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