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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Ted Hennessey

NHS on ‘crisis footing’ with likely rise in waiting lists despite extra funding

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The NHS is likely to remain on a “crisis footing” with rising waiting lists despite extra funding, it has been said.

The health service will receive an extra £3.3 billion in each of the next two years, while £4.7 billion will go into social care, Chancellor Jeremy Hunt announced in his autumn statement on Thursday.

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