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News of the Day ... In Perspective9/27/2005Despite funding increases, British NHS to cut services While the British government has invested unprecedented funding in the National Health Service�the budget of �76.4 billion is more than double the �34.7 billion figure of 1997-1998�NHS trusts are planning to close wards and lay off staff. A survey by the British Medical Association (BMA) suggests that 385 of 530 primary care, acute, mental health, and community NHS trusts are facing deficits. More than a third of respondents (38%) said they intended to cut services. Bedfordshire Hospital NHS Trust is expected to make a 10% cut in elective surgeries. One trust medical director said: �The whole of the health economy is in dire straits.� (Daily Telegraph 9/24/05) Additional information: MRSA, other infections rampant in NHS hospitals: News of the Day, Mar 6, 2005. �Futilitarianism,� AAPS News, July 2005 �Payer Failure,� AAPS News, March 2000
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