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The cat’s out of the bag.  In an erudite and commendably candid paper, the NHS Confederation tells it as it is: the NHS will not be immune from the financial crisis, it will face real term cuts (Tory or Labour government, don’t believe either of their protestations to the contrary).  And they will be of some magnitude; £15 billion over five years from 2011 set against rising demand, aging and an increasingly unhealthy population is no small fry. Read the rest of this entry »