Government’s ‘living with Covid’ plan to cost NHS £500 million

Government’s ‘living with Covid’ plan to cost NHS £500 million The NHS has been asked to cut £500 million from its budget to fund Covid testing as the national programme is wound down by the government.

The government’s “living with Covid” plan will cost the NHS millions as it is forced to channel funding from its “core” budgets, according to the NHS’s chief finance officer. The Independent

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