Reports say that various health centres across the country have been under scrutiny as no measures have been taken to cut the growing deficit. One local newspapers conducted a research, which said that the Audit Commission has issued 21 public interest reports. They plan to issue more within the next month. This is in comparison with only four reports last year. The auditors have issued only one or two reports in the past 13-years. This shows the concern of the auditors on where public money is being used. The commission is also worried about the care given to the patients.

The financial crisis in the NHS is now confirmed and various wards, theatres and hospitals are closing to control the budget. The vacancies in the hospitals and health centres are not being filled and redundancies have been announced.  The newly qualified nurses from the Royal College of Nurses say that they are unable to get jobs in the NHS. Experts say that the deficit will reached one billion pounds this year. This is in spite of the huge sums spent on the services, about £74.5 billion.

The audit commission said that the record number of reports submitted puts forth the financial difficulties faced by the various NHS heath services and the problems they face to reach financial balance. The commission said that they would be coming out with new programs that show the methods to deal with such financial problems and what to learn from the deficits. The 21 health bodies that were mentioned by the audit commission include ten hospital trusts, two health authorities and nine primary health care trusts. There task was to make sure that the trusts would meet the targets and reach the financial balance.

One of the major health care centres in North London was mentioned in the reports. They had a deficit of £13.5 million last year and £31 million this year. The auditors mentioned that the health centre failed to control its spending while the health centre said that they had planned to cut the deficit by not more than 12 million pounds this year.

While the auditor in Hampshire and the Isle of Wight reported a deficit of £39.2 million in the health authority. This is in spite of the £112 million recovery a plan made this year. The auditor said that the deficit on an overall rate was more than four times the size compared to last year. It is the highest in England now. The Chief Executive of Dorset and Somerset Health Authority has been asked by the Health Department to act as the Chief Executive of Hampshire. He remarked that they are making plans to work within the parameters set and the deficit has been reduced by half. He also said that there have been substantial improvements with the NHS. The trusts were making efforts to cope with the reforms and making sure that the patient care was not affected.  He also said that pressure is mounting on. However it is not known if the staff members and the patients are affected by it but the safety of the patients is not at stake.

The head of the strategy authority said that there are lot of changes in the way the finances of the NHS work. Giving hope to the trust members, he said that a temporary instability does not lead to a permanent problem and if it becomes a permanent problem then the standard of health care would see a downfall. The Health Department said that most of the NHS organisations are improving their services and doing it within their budget. He said that the NHS is getting good resources and now the finances have to be managed very well.