Hospitals in England reducing staff and services as part of NHS ‘financial reset’

Trusts having to think the previously unthinkable' to make savings demanded by new NHS England boss

Hospitals in England are cutting staff, closing services and planning to ration care in order to make eye-watering" savings demanded by NHS bosses.

Rehabilitation centres face being shut, talking therapies services cut and beds for end-of-life care reduced as part of efforts by England's 215 NHS trusts to comply with a financial reset".

47% were cutting services and another 43% were considering doing so.

37% were cutting clinical posts and a further 40% may follow suit.

26% were closing some services and 55% more may do so.