The NHS will underspend by a record-breaking £1bn this year, according to government projections released yesterday. Gordon Brown said the marked turnaround in the health service's financial record - from a £500m deficit in 2006, meant more money to plough back into the NHS. But the head of the doctors' professional body accused the government of sacrificing health care to balance the books. Health unions said the savings had caused a lot of "unnecessary pain".
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