Department of Health forecasts £1bn NHS deficit for 2006-07

The NHS is facing a £94m deficit by the end of the 2006-07 financial year, according to a forecast by the Department of Health (DoH).

Hospitals and primary care trusts are estimated to have more than £1bn in debts already.

The overall NHS budget is currently more than £80bn.

Sign up to our weekly round-up of HR news and guidance

Receive the Personnel Today Direct e-newsletter every Wednesday

Email(Required)

OptOut

From time to time, we will send you emails about selected products, events and services from Personnel Today and OHW+ - but you can choose to opt-out at any time. If you do not wish to receive these emails, please tick this box.

Email

This field is for validation purposes and should be left unchanged.

Δ

NHS Employers indicated in October that the training budget for graduates joining the health service would be cut by 10%.

The NHS spent a total of £1.3bn on agency and temporary staff last year.