Budget boost for NHS to fall well short of management demands

Philip Hammond is set to provide emergency funding but health service bosses say it does not go far enough

Philip Hammond is to give the NHS an emergency cash injection in the budget, though the chancellor will disappoint health service bosses by increasing funding by far less than they believe is needed.

Hammond is understood to be preparing to unveil a plan to give the NHS up to £6bn by 2022 for three different purposes.

Continue reading... November 21, 2017 at 03:52AM