NHS unlikely to get large funding boost this year, says Jeremy Hunt

NHS unlikely to get large funding boost this year, says Jeremy Hunt Health secretary tells NHS managers to expect ‘most difficult spending review in a generation’ ahead of autumn statement

Jeremy Hunt has warned the NHS that it is unlikely to get a significant boost to its budget in George Osborne’s forthcoming spending review, but hinted that ministers have recognised that additional cuts to social care would only put further strain on frontline health services.

Speaking to an audience of 500 NHS bosses, the health secretary sought to lower expectations that the chancellor will be able to hand the NHS a sizeable down payment on the £8bn the government has sought to provide by 2020 in his autumn statement on 25 November. Continue reading... The Guardian