1.5 billion pounds will go towards “increasing the capacity of beds, equipment and new surgical centers.
British Finance Minister Rishi Sunak announced on Sunday that he will unlock an additional 6 billion pounds (7 billion euros, $ 8.151 billion) to help the public health service (NHS) cope with the delays accumulated during the health crisis. , within the framework of the new budget.
“Millions of patients awaiting non-urgent diagnostic tests and operations will benefit from a £ 6 billion injection to help address the NHS delays,” a Treasury statement said.
Of this amount, 2.3 billion pounds will go towards creating some 100 “one-stop” diagnostic centers to detect life-threatening diseases such as cancer.
Also, 1,500 million pounds will be used to “increase the capacity of the beds, equipment and new surgical centers.
The Covid-19 pandemic increased pressure on the NHS, a free system loved by the British, already experiencing backlogs and a chronic lack of staff and beds in the hospital.
In September, the Government announced to inject 5.4 billion pounds to help this public service to “manage the immediate pressures” of the health crisis.
“We are determined to get the health service back on track and make sure that no one has to wait for tests or treatments that save lives,” said Sunak, who will be the center of attention on Wednesday.
The Finance Minister will present his long-awaited budgetary guidelines that day with the aim of restoring public finances after the vertiginous indebtedness generated by the economic support programs during the pandemic.
In addition to the health system, the government is expected to prioritize the energy transition and regional rebalancing, although it could announce a tax increase to meet costly investments.
During the weekend, his Ministry has already announced more than 26,000 million pounds of investment (almost 36,000 million dollars), of which almost a quarter will go to the renovation of trains and buses, and 5,000 million pounds to projects innovators related to healthcare. (I)
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