Boris Johnson announces £1.8bn one-off cash boost for NHS hospitals

Boris Johnson announces £1.8bn one-off cash boost for NHS hospitals Prime Minister Boris Johnson has announced a one-off cash boost of £1.8bn for NHS hospitals in England.

Of this, almost £1bn will be available immediately to go towards new equipment and upgrades to 20 hospitals.

Writing in the Sunday Times, Mr Johnson said he was "determined to deliver" the promises of the Brexit referendum campaign and increase NHS spending.

But Labour said it fell "significantly short" of the amount needed by the NHS and would not reverse years of cuts. BBC News

See also:

• PM announces extra £1.8 billion for NHS frontline services Department of Health and Social Care
• New short-term capital funding boost for NHS in England will only scratch the surface The Health Foundation
• The King's Fund responds to the government announcement of new NHS funding and changes to NHS pensions The King's Fund
• New NHS funding desperately needed to improve quality of patient care NHS Confederation
• NHS Providers welcomes NHS capital investment but warns more is needed to deliver long term improvements NHS Providers
• PM’s funding announcement only a fraction of what is needed to really upgrade 20 hospitals Nuffield Trust
• Royal College of Nursing comments on funding announcement for NHS in England Royal College of Nursing
• Royal College of Physicians responds to capital funding announcement Royal College of Physicians 
• Hospitals in England set to receive £850m revealed BBC News
• Is NHS buildings boost all it seems? BBC News
• Boris Johnson pledges hospital upgrades in Leave-voting seats as he attempts to see off Brexit Party threat The Daily Telegraph
• Boris Johnson promises £1.8bn to boost the NHS The Guardian
• Boris Johnson's £1.8bn NHS pledge dismissed as inadequate by Labour The Guardian
• NHS funding: the 20 hospital projects due to receive £850m The Guardian
• Boris Johnson’s £1.8bn NHS cash boost 'a drop in the ocean', health experts warn The Independent