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Energy costs are crippling the NHS
More than seven in 10 health workers says patients struggling with their bills — a public health crisis ‘that is entirely preventable’
A general view of staff on a NHS hospital ward at Ealing Hospital in London

BRITAIN’S rip-off energy costs are crippling the NHS with more than seven in 10 health workers regularly seeing patients struggling with their bills, a survey reveals today.

The government’s failure to fund home insulation has created revolving doors at A&Es across the country, front-line workers warned.

Medics told how patients are sent back to cold homes only to return days later with the same “entirely preventable” illnesses caused by cold and damp.

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