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| Two health boards set to overspend, health minister warns | Two health boards set to overspend, health minister warns |
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| Two Welsh health boards are unlikely to break even this year, the health minister has warned. | Two Welsh health boards are unlikely to break even this year, the health minister has warned. |
| Mark Drakeford said he thought the Betsi Cadwaladr and Hywel Dda health boards were the ones "most likely to struggle to live within their means". | Mark Drakeford said he thought the Betsi Cadwaladr and Hywel Dda health boards were the ones "most likely to struggle to live within their means". |
| But he said he was unwilling to repeat the NHS bail-outs of previous years. | But he said he was unwilling to repeat the NHS bail-outs of previous years. |
| Three health boards overspent by a total of £50m in 2014-15 despite an extra £240m given to the Welsh NHS to cover the cost of winter pressures. | Three health boards overspent by a total of £50m in 2014-15 despite an extra £240m given to the Welsh NHS to cover the cost of winter pressures. |
| On Thursday, Mr Drakeford told AMs on the health committee he would not give LHBs "extra money at the end of the year to make it look as if they have lived within their means". | On Thursday, Mr Drakeford told AMs on the health committee he would not give LHBs "extra money at the end of the year to make it look as if they have lived within their means". |
| The health boards which overspent in 2014-15 were: | The health boards which overspent in 2014-15 were: |
| Mr Drakeford said he was very hopeful that the Aneurin Bevan, Cwm Taf and Powys health boards, as well as the Velindre NHS Trust, had the ability to improve their financial situations. | Mr Drakeford said he was very hopeful that the Aneurin Bevan, Cwm Taf and Powys health boards, as well as the Velindre NHS Trust, had the ability to improve their financial situations. |
| But he said he was "a little less confident" about the Cardiff and Vale health board, and Abertawe Bro Morgannwg. | |
| In December 2013, Welsh health boards were given approval to balance their books over a three-year period rather than annually. | In December 2013, Welsh health boards were given approval to balance their books over a three-year period rather than annually. |
| In England, the NHS overspent by £930m in three months in 2015, and is on course for an annual deficit of at least £2bn, in what regulators described as its worst financial crisis in a generation. |