The Chancellor is to invest in the NHS in the Budget but issued warning ahead of it
The Budget ’s tax hikes and borrowing increases may not be enough to undo “14 years of damage” to the NHS, Rachel Reeves has warned.
An additional £1.8 billion has been allocated for elective appointments since July and the Treasury indicated “billions of pounds” will be invested in technology to help boost productivity across the health service. Ms Reeves will use her Budget speech on Wednesday to make “difficult decisions on spending, on welfare and taxation” and change the way national debt is measured to give her more flexibility to borrow.
“We will start planning for next winter, this winter, to make sure we see continued, steady improvement in our NHS. “It will take time to turn the situation around, but for this winter, in fact, throughout the year, my number one priority will always be patient safety and taking the steps needed to keep people as safe as possible, and also to make sure that for as long as we have people on trolleys in corridors, that we’re taking steps to protect people’s dignity and to provide the best possible support.”
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