A £1.8bn cash boost for the NHS announced by Boris Johnson will largely be paid for with money that hospitals already have, leaked letter claims
A £1.8bn cash boost for the NHS announced by Boris Johnson will largely be paid for with money that hospitals already have, a leaked letter has said.
The prime minister said earlier this month:"Don't forget that this is £1.8 billion of new money. It wasn't there 10 days ago." But a letter - obtained by Health Service Journal and also seen by Sky News - says £1bn of the total will be funded by raising the Department for Health and Social Care's spending limit.The letter, from NHS England and NHS Improvement chief financial officer Julian Kelly and dated 18 August, said:"For 2019/20, the government has agreed a £1bn increase in the Department of Health and Social Care [DHSC] baseline capital expenditure limit.
The question of whether the money is"new" was raised when the announcement was made earlier this month.
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