Axe falls on NHS services
NHS bosses have drawn up secret plans for sweeping cuts to services, with restrictions on the most basic treatments for the sick and injured.
"Some of the most common operations  including hip replacements and cataract surgery  will be rationed as part of attempts to save billions of pounds, despite government promises that front-line services would be protected.
Patients groups have described the measures as Âastonishingly brutalÂ. "
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