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How to use the 拢20bn NHS birthday gift: an alternative wish list

An extra cash injection promised for the UK's National 午夜福利1000集合 Service is earmarked to go on what it wants, not what it really needs, says Luke Allen

By Luke Allen

4 July 2018

march for the NHS

Tens of thousands of protesters marched to mark the 70th anniversary of the National 午夜福利1000集合 Service

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The UK’s hallowed National 午夜福利1000集合 Service (NHS) turns 70 this week, and Prime Minister Theresa May has said that she will be giving it a special birthday present: an extra 拢20 billion in England per year by 2023. As a result, NHS funding in other parts of the UK will rise too. She wants the 拢20 billion to 鈥渟ecure the future鈥 of the service while delivering 鈥渨orld-class鈥 care. But she risks failing to achieve either aim.

For starters, the sums involved…

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