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  800 fewer nurses as NHS refunds £2.2bn to Treasury
  
  There is an unhappy juxtaposition of figures swirling around at the moment.
  
  The first is that the Department of Health is expected to underspent against its 2012-13 expenditure limit by £2.2bn, and none
  
  of that is to be carried over for future use. It will instead go back to the Treasury.
  
  The second figure is in the NHS workforce survey which shows that last month the NHS lost 800 more nurses.
  
  When the head of the NHS, Sir David Nicholson, announced the need for £20bn savings over a four year period it was promised
  
  that these savings would be reinvested on issues such as integrating services and longer term efficiencies.

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