ALL seven of Wales’s health boards are in “escalated measures” for the first time in NHS history as they face extreme financial challenges.
The authorities ran a collective deficit of £151.9 million last year, acccording to Audit Wales, but the boards warned Welsh government ministers in the spring that the situation was set to deteriorate rapidly this year, predicting that the shortfall could balloon to a staggering £650m.
The cash crisis has led to boards entering escalated measures as they struggle to submit medium-term operation plans that balance the books.
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