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NHS cuts ‘will put profit before lives’

by Our News Desk

ORDERS for hospitals and health trusts to “leave no stone unturned” in making cutbacks were condemned yesterday for putting profit before patients’ lives.

Health service regulator Monitor has criticised NHS trusts for not doing enough to put a stop to huge losses, with current plans being branded “simply unaffordable.”

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