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<p>Overall, 65% of the 240 trusts are in deficit with nearly all hospitals ending the year in the red and the chief executive of NHS Providers has said that cost-cutting alone is not enough to solve the problem.</p>
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<p>The UK spends a smaller proportion of its GDP on health care than countries such as Portugal, France and the Netherlands.</p>
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