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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Jane Kirby

£2.2bn of ‘wasteful’ NHS spending to be diverted to working classes – Streeting

NHS cash is to be diverted to poorer communities, Health Secretary Wes Streeting will announce (PA) - (PA Wire)

More than £2 billion saved from “wasteful” NHS spending is to be diverted to “working class communities that need it most”, the Health Secretary will announce.

Wes Streeting will use a speech in Blackpool on Wednesday to set out how poorer communities will benefit from more medicines and equipment – and a bigger share of GP funding – under reforms in the upcoming NHS 10-year plan.

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