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London NHS hits cuts crisis point
Capital's cash-strapped health services in dire need of help, warns panel of experts
Health experts yesterday launched an emergency operation to revive London's NHS from a service cuts and hospital closures "crisis."
London already lacks GPs, hospital beds and community care services and faces a further £4 billion shortfall, the Unite-backed People's Inquiry found.
But the panel pointed out desperately needed public cash is still being siphoned off by profiteers who built hospitals under the private finance initiative (PFI).
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