Chancellor’s budget boost to NHS frontline conceals £1bn cut

Budget marked a continuation of policy of cutting unprotected areas of health and social care budget.Public health services and the education and training of nurses and doctors will be cut by £1bn next year as part of the government’s plan to boost the NHS’s budget by £20bn by 2023, it has emerged.A leading expert in NHS finances warned ministers that their strategy of “robbing Peter to pay Paul” is a false economy that risks worsening already serious understa