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£3bn to support NHS in second wave preparations
Prime Minister Boris Johnson is set to announce that the NHS in England will receive an extra £3 billion to prepare for a possible second wave of coronavirus.
Following several warnings of a second wave this winter, which could see 120,000 coronavirus deaths in UK hospitals, Downing Street said the funding will also help ease normal winter pressures.
The funding, which the government says is new money, will enable hospital trusts to continue using additional private hospital capacity and maintain the temporary Nightingale hospitals until the end of March next year. This, in theory, should help the NHS provide additional capacity and return to normal treatment and procedure figures.
A press conference on 17 July will also likely see Johnson commit to a new target for testing capability in the country, likely to be 500,000 coronavirus tests a day by the end of October.
Both measures form part of the government’s coronavirus recovery road map.
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