Rachel Reeves announces more details of NHS funding plan

Rachel Reeves and Wes Streeting visited a hospital in south London on Monday to announce the government’s plan to allocate £1.57bn for new surgical hubs, scanners, and radiotherapy machines in the NHS Budget. The funding aims to increase hospital appointments and procedures by 40,000 per week, with Health Secretary Streeting acknowledging the need for time to improve the NHS. While health experts welcome the funding, concerns remain about future policy clarity and the NHS’s existing backlog of 7.64 million hospital care cases.

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