Budget's £1.6bn cash boost for NHS less than half of experts’ advice

Government warned anything short of extra £4bn next year would leave service struggling to deliver carePhilip Hammond has bowed to intense pressure to give the NHS more money in Wednesday’s budget, but produced less than half the £4bn the health service’s own boss said it needed to look after patients properly next year.
A payment of £1.6bn for the NHS in England in 2018-19 will see its budget rise to £126bn, rather than the £124.4bn originally planned.