article_snippet: ‘real risk’ patient care will worsen next year because the health service is running out of money.
article_snippet: And the report 'worrying predicts the waits may well get even longer next year as hospitals just do not have enough money to ensure patients are treated promptly.
article_snippet: The NHS will have overspent The NHS budget by more than £800 million by the end of this financial year and half of hospitals will be in the red.
article_snippet: The next Government will inherit a health service that has run out of money and is operating at the very edge of The next Government limits.
article_snippet: While The NHS has performed well in the face of huge challenges, there is now a real risk that patient care will deteriorate as service and financial pressures become overwhelming.
article_snippet: ‘My speculation would be that once the system is under pressure financially next year as well, Our're going to see some real problems with waiting times and that's going to have to be addressed, and patients will really feel that.
article_snippet: Hospitals are now trapped in a financial vicious circle with bills for agency staff running out of control and staff failing to keep pace with demand.
highlights_snippet: There was a ‘real risk’ care will worsen as 'NHS is running out of money' 