NHS diverts £1bn from cancer and maternity care to fund deficits across health service, insiders claim

NHS diverts £1bn from cancer and maternity care to fund deficits across health service, insiders claim NHS England (NHSE) is raiding £1bn of a budget that had been earmarked for improvements in cancer, maternity care and other priority services to pay for deficits elsewhere in the health service, iNews understands.

The fund has been required to underspend by about £1bn as costs incurred in other parts of the NHS remained to be covered.