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LACK of funding for the NHS and a drop in the number of nurses have contributed to 120,000 unnecessary deaths in England since 2010, according to new research.
The number of deaths in England fell by an average of 0.77 per cent every year between 2001-10, but rose by an average of 0.87 per cent every year between 2011-14.
Based on the study, researchers at the Department of Applied Health Research at University College London warned that 100 more people may die every day from now on.
They said it would take an extra £6.3 billion every year to plug England’s “mortality gap.”
Royal College of Nursing chief executive Janet Davies warned that those who were vulnerable and older were paying the “highest price.”
She said: “This is yet more evidence that links the current shortage of nurses with increased patient mortality.
“Ministers cannot ignore further evidence on the risks of these shortages.”
Age UK charity director Caroline Abrahams called for “a big injection of funds into the NHS and care in next week’s Budget.”
