Ministers and NHS England chief at loggerheads over targets

Exclusive: Simon Stevens is pushing back against demands for specific improvements linked to £20.5bn cash boostThe head of the NHS and the government are at loggerheads over how much the health service can be improved for the £20.5bn extra Theresa May has pledged to give it, the Guardian can reveal.Simon Stevens, the chief executive of NHS England, has been having major disagreements behind the scenes in recent weeks with Downing Street, the Treasury and Department of Health and Soci