Tory MP demands answers over £1.3bn NHS black hole threatening to cut services

Tory MP demands answers over £1.3bn NHS black hole threatening to cut services

Vital health services face being cut after strikes and NHS restructuring left a £1.3billion black hole.Sir Jim Mackey, Chief Executive of NHS England, told the Commons Health and Social Care Committee that the £300million bill from July’s junior doctor walkout alone would be “beyond our ability to cope with” if the NHS had to absorb it - warning it “would have consequences on what we’re able to provide.”The funding row comes on top of a second c…