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Greater Manchester's NHS has a £50m problem, and it's one it 'could never have foreseen'
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manchestereveningnews.co.ukGreater Manchester's NHS has experienced a 'mini explosion' in costs as it grapples with a £50m overspend in its budget for this year.
Collective action by GPs, which means that family doctors are stopping or reducing certain work, and the approval of 'enormously expensive' drugs are causing 'unforeseen' cost pressures, local health bosses have said.
This follows a report to Greater Manchester's Integrated Care Board (ICB) that reveals a deficit in this year's budget of £49.2m, up from the £30.7m that had been budgeted for.
Interim chief finance officer Kathy Roe told the board that the extra cash for the NHS announced in the budget last month is expected to plug some of the gap in the budget.
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