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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Tom Wall

NHS £22.6bn funding boost in England ‘not enough’, warn health experts

UK chancellor Rachel Reeves and prime minister Keir Starmer visit University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire in the West Midlands last week
UK chancellor Rachel Reeves and prime minister Keir Starmer visit University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire in the West Midlands last week. Photograph: WPA/Getty Images

Medical experts have warned the boost to NHS funding in England unveiled in the budget will not be enough to rebuild the country’s ailing health service and that it will take time for patients to see improvements

Rachel Reeves last week announced an additional £22.6bn over this year and next for the NHS, which she claimed was the biggest spending increase for the health service – outside the Covid pandemic – since 2010.

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