Tough choices will need to be made about what the NHS can afford deliver, doctors' leaders have warned.
Dr Brian Keighley, the chairman of the British Medical Association, said politicians and health service managers must look at how services can be made more efficient, and where cuts could be made without affecting patient care.
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