Affected patients as NHS cutbacks10 ago: 38 03/03/2010, Randeep Ramesh, health, health policy, news, NHS, politics, public finance, society, the guard

Affected patients as NHS cutbacks10 ago: 38 03/03/2010, Randeep Ramesh, health, health policy, news, NHS, politics, public finance, society, the guardian, news, UK Guardian Unlimited

Exclusive: tops NHS spend EUR 130 million with the third of primary care trusts deficits

More than a third of NHS trusts, primary health, hospital funds in England, with deficits that have led to a decrease in surgical operations and in fact called to close the emergency services, according to a joint study by the Guardian and the think tank Civitas.

The analysis, which uses the figures of public board meetings of 100 trusts shows the health service this year is spending more than £ 130m. The Health Department has warned that trusts can not enter the new year, red and health authorities do not reduce the costs of expensive to pay cash budget next year or be subjected to a central control .

The funding shortfall has had an impact on patients, with physicians at Hertfordshire said that to obtain the "approval" for a list of procedures including hysterectomy, removal of "skin lumps and bumps" and extraction the tooth. Administrators have advised family physicians in many cases "it is usually best to wait to see if symptoms resolve.

The largest deficit is confidence in Enfield primary health care, which has a budget of £ 450 million, but the red is worth £ 17.5m. The chiefs would replace Chase Farm Hospital A