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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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NHS is 'already struggling' on important measures

The NHS is "already struggling" on important issues like A&E and cancer treatment waiting times, a healthcare campaigner told Good Morning Britain.

Anita Charlesworth said the black hole in some NHS trust's finances was so severe it would not be long before patients would start see the lack of funds "impacting".

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