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NHS trusts have been asked to make cuts as the service faces an anticipated shortfall of nearly ₤ 7 billion, health leaders alerted today.

In a survey for NHS Providers, 47 per cent of trust leaders alerted they are rolling back services to balance the books, while another 43 per cent are considering doing so.

Rehabilitation centres, talking treatments and diabetes services for young individuals are amongst services at risk.

Eighty-six per cent of respondents stated their organisation is needing to cut jobs in non-clinical teams, while 37 per cent plan to cut scientific posts.

A number of trusts are intending to cut 500 jobs or more, with one preparation as numerous as 1,000.

NHS union Unison's head of health Helga Pile said: "Ministers shouldn't be firmly insisting trusts stabilize their books while ignoring the damaging consequences for client care and a demoralised workforce.

"The NHS needs more personnel - not fewer workers - if delays and waits for patients are to end."

It comes as NHS president Sir Jim Mackey told a Medical Journalists Association event in London the service had "maxed out on what is budget-friendly."

He stated that the NHS was likely to have a ₤ 6.6 bn deficit this year, despite a budget plan of around ₤ 200bn.

Though he has demanded unprecedented cost savings, he slammed the "normalisation" of bad care, saying that, ten years back, "we would have never ever accepted old girls being on corridors beside an [A&E] department for hours on end."

We Own It founder and director Cat Hobbs said: "Back in 2012, the NHS was rated as the very best healthcare service on the planet.

"That was before the legislation that intentionally opened up our entire NHS to profiteering.

"Sir Jim Mackey is dead-on to state that clients being dealt with in corridors and parking area is undesirable. If he desires to stop this scandal while conserving cash, he should end privatisation as quickly as possible.