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- verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of
underspend .
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Examples
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ADVERTISEMENT nt practice under which all so-called underspends are returned to the UK Exchequer.
unknown title 2009
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Building in incentives like this could lead to under-treatment in the name of achieving budget underspends, and in doing so seriously undermine patient-GP relations.
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For instance, the spending review announced a major change to the rules governing underspends across government.
How local government cuts will damage the NHS Diane Abbott 2010
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IHP is in talks with three GP consortiums to set up a company that would turn underspends in their annual budget – in effect, savings on patient spending – into profits.
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Councils with large underspends deny they fail to publicise DHPs.
Councils fail to spend thousands earmarked for housing poor tenants 2012
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Academics and frontline staff have continually warned that the government's bill does not insulate GPs from seeking financial bonuses from underspends.
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The whole NHS is £80bn in spending and if GPs can take underspends then we can get a large audience fairly quickly.
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He says already family doctors can pocket underspends by not spending the money meant for their practice.
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According to Walshe, the most lucrative ventures would see GPs setting up private companies that would turn underspends in their annual budget – in effect, savings on patient spending – into profits.
NHS reforms mean GPs could double their income to £300,000 a year 2011
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One reason Florida is so attractive to retirees is that compared to other states, Florida underspends on services for its younger citizens.iii Some whole communities are designed so that they need not support local programs or schools for the young.
Shock of Gray Ted C. Fishman 2010
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