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"NHS 'on track' to balance books"


The NHS is "on track" to break even within three months but jobs will be cut, the health secretary has said.
Patricia Hewitt did not specify how many redundancies there would be However, there would "some reduction" in jobs for administrators, although staff retiring or moving to other areas could account for some of the decrease.

The NHS ended the financial year 2005-06 more than £500m overdrawn.

Ms Hewitt said she was "confident" of the NHS balancing its books.

"I have made it clear that we do need to get the NHS back into financial balance by the end of March," she said

WELL THIS WILL ONLY BE DONE BY JIGGERY POKERY AND MANIPULATION OF FIGURES TO SUIT WITH NO CARE ABOUT PATIENTS