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NHS suffering devastating cuts to jobs and services, warns BMA
telegraph.uk ^ | 6/27/10 | Kate Devlin, Medical Correspondent

Posted on 06/27/2010 11:02:19 PM PDT by Nachum

The NHS is suffering potentially devastating cuts to jobs and patient services as the Government’s austerity drive hits the health service, doctors’ leaders have warned.

Thousands of doctors and nurses face being made redundant or not replaced if they leave, while many hospitals have cut treatments, the British Medical Association has found.

Despite ministers’ assurances that the health service would not face the same cuts as other departments, many hospitals are feeling the strain, according to the BMA.

(Excerpt) Read more at telegraph.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Government; News/Current Events; United Kingdom
KEYWORDS: abouttimetoo; cuts; devastating; nhs; suffering
The British (health insurance) are coming, The British (health insurance) are coming!
1 posted on 06/27/2010 11:02:26 PM PDT by Nachum
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To: Nachum

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2 posted on 06/27/2010 11:23:42 PM PDT by wac3rd (Somwhere in Hell, Ted Kennedy snickers....)
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To: HonestConservative; holdonnow; Fudd Fan; socialismisinsidious

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3 posted on 06/27/2010 11:43:36 PM PDT by AliVeritas (Pray, Pray, Pray. Stop Barrystroika.)
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To: Nachum

Sounds like the cuts are significant.

Good.


4 posted on 06/28/2010 1:00:18 AM PDT by agere_contra (Obama did more damage to the Gulf economy in one day than Pemex/Ixtoc did in nine months)
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To: Nachum
Obamacare. Coming soon.
5 posted on 06/28/2010 3:55:12 AM PDT by grey_whiskers (The opinions are solely those of the author and are subject to change without notice.)
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To: agere_contra

They’ll never cut the beaurocracy ,, just the doctors and nurses and especially the janitors.


6 posted on 06/28/2010 5:28:24 AM PDT by Neidermeyer
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