Private firms receive £26m from tight NHS budget
The British Medical Association (BMA) has reported that private consultancy firms have been paid at least £26 million by the NHS as part of plans to reorganise the health service.
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Lukewarm response to chancellor’s Budget
Chancellor Philip Hammond has confirmed the planned funding boost for the NHS and announced an additional emergency cash injection for social services in his Autumn budget, but critics argue it will not be enough to weather the storm of increasing demand, inefficient service delivery and a workforce crisis.
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Tax rises on the horizon for NHS budget hike
Prime Minister Theresa May has confirmed that tax rises will be necessary to help fund the planned NHS budget increase.
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Prime Minister reveals £20bn a year boost for NHS
By 2023/24 there will be £20 billion more a year being spent on the NHS “in real terms”, Prime Minister Theresa May has revealed.
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Health/industry groups react to Autumn Budget
Chancellor Philip Hammond’s Autumn Budget has promised an extra £2.8 billion for NHS services over the next three years, though the amount falls well short of the £4 billion deemed by health leaders as necessary to retain the current quality of services.
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Mixed response to UK budget
The British Medical Association says the government has failed to address the funding crisis in the NHS with the budget, offering “little meaningful financial assistance” for the service which, it warns, is now “stretched to breaking point”.
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No funding cut for pharmacy in Wales, says gov
The Welsh Assembly has announced that it will maintain funding for community pharmacy over the next two years, just days after the UK government revealed severe budget cuts for the sector in England.
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NHS Wales facing £700m funding gap
The NHS in Wales is facing a £700 million gap in funds by 2019/20, which equates to around 10 percent of its current spending, a new analysis has found.
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Pharmacy funding cuts put on hold
The government has pushed the pause button on plans to implement a 6 percent cut to community pharmacy funding from October.
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