‘Cash boost’ for NHS
HEALTH Secretary Steve Barclay has strongly hinted the NHS could be given more cash in the Chancellor’s autumn statement on Thursday.
Speaking at the NHS Providers conference in Liverpool, he denied a newspaper report he had suggested the NHS did not need any more money to meet inflationary pressure on costs.
“That is completely incorrect,” he said.
“I can assure you the Treasury wouldn’t allocate any money to the department if the department said it didn’t need it, given the fiscal situation we face.”