NHS Trusts ran up £791m deficit last year despite making savings

NHS hospital and ambulance trusts ran up a combined deficit of £791m in the last financial year, more than £200m above the original budget target.The figure was confirmed by the NHS three weeks after Sky News revealed that the final figure would be at least £700m for 2016-17.The year-end financial position was due to be confirmed at the end of May, but publication was delayed until after the election by the Department of Health, citing concerns that the information was politica