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Health leaders say financial penalties are not the answer, warning NHS faces existential threat unless it reconnects with public Money for hospitals could be linked to patient ratings, it has been reported, as one of the health bosses tasked with implementing the government’s 10-year plan for the NHS warns it faces an existential threat unless it reconnects with the public. The measure, under which services could lose a proportion of their funding if patients were unhappy, is reportedly part of a package due to be announced by the prime minister next week. Continue reading...