Government ministers reject proposals for Manx Care savings that include front line service cuts.
Proposals for cuts to front-line services to make further savings in a bid to reduce a forecasted £16.8m health overspend will not be supported, the Council of Ministers has said.
Manx Care and the Department of Health and Social Care have been directed by the council to find other savings that "do not directly impact patients".between the health care provider and the British Medical Association . Cannan said: "No one wants to see frontline service provision diminished, but we also have a clear responsibility to deliver health and social care services within the allocated budget."
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