Vulnerable likely to be hit hardest by cutbacks

26 April 2016

Local government funding pressures are likely to have a particularly detrimental impact on health services for vulnerable people, service leaders have warned.

A survey of public health directors by the Nuffield Trust think-tank and Health Foundation charity has found partnership working between councils and the NHS could be damaged by ongoing cost-cutting demands.

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