Last week, Department of Health figures forecast that the NHS will be insurplus by the beginning of the 2007/08 financial year.
The turnaround is the result of regional health managers holding back450m of funds intended for public health and medical training tooffset trusts' overspending.
This is expected to combine with an extra 882m from underspendingtrusts, partly generated from freezing posts and closing wards, tocreate a small surplus of 13m.
However, Fiona Smith, children's adviser at the Royal College ofNursing, pointed out that primary care trusts that had improved theirfinances would be under greater pressure next year to catch up on missedwork. This drive was likely to divert resources towards adult health tomeet key targets, she said.
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