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NI health trusts to announce 12% in savings plan
Health unions have said services and jobs will be affected, including porters and cleaners
Northern Ireland's health and social care trusts are expected to announce proposals on how they intend to make savings of up to 12%.
Health unions have said services and jobs will be affected, including porters and cleaners.
BBC News NI's Health Correspondent Marie-Louise Connolly provides some analysis on what we can expect.
The scale of the required savings is significant. At the moment, health faces a funding gap of £800m.
To break even the system would have to make around 12% of savings in one year.
A recent health committee heard that the figure wasn't feasible and officials hoped that could be spread over several years.
The Department of Health (DoH) and the health trusts are expected to officially respond to how efficiencies could be tackled.
Health Unions have told BBC News NI they understand jobs will be affected as the trusts attempt to make savings.
Those posts could include porter and cleaning posts.