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Government ploughed 'over half a billion' into cash-strapped NHS Trusts

The Government pumped more than half a billion pounds of emergency funds into cash-strapped NHS trusts last year, according to a "deeply alarming" report.

The MP who chairs the influential Public Accounts Committee said the findings by the National Audit Office showed "the future sustainability of the NHS is at risk".

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Govt: NHS budget 'increased by £12.7bn since 2010'

The NHS budget had increased by £12.7 billion since 2010, maintained the Department of Health, in the face of searing criticism for the National Audit Office about the amount of bailouts given to failing trusts.

The government said the majority of health providers were still in financial balance or better and said reforms had allowed doctors to "control their own budgets".

Financial discipline must be as important as safe care and good performance. Many NHS organisations are already achieving this and all understand the need for greater efficiency.

Our reforms put power in the hands of local doctors and nurses to make decisions and control their own budgets to make sure patients receive the best services.

– A spokesman for Department of Health

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