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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Denis Campbell and Robert Booth

NHS England leaders welcome £6bn budget boost but say much more is needed

Health workers in hospital
Chief executive of NHS Providers says money will offer ‘much-needed – but temporary – respite’. Photograph: Nick Moore/Alamy

NHS leaders have welcomed the £6bn budget boost Jeremy Hunt handed the beleaguered service to help it meet rising demand, tackle the care backlog and overhaul its antiquated IT system.

The chancellor gave the NHS in England an extra £2.5bn to cover its day-to-day running costs in 2024/25, after the Institute for Fiscal Studies warned on Monday that it was set to receive less funding next year than this.

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