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Welsh Budget: extra £240m for NHS
Finance Secretary Mark Drakeford has pledged an extra £240 million for the NHS at the Welsh budget.
While there were cuts to some areas of local government and community projects, total spending rose by 2.7 per cent to £14.95 billion.
Drakeford said: “In these uncertain times, we have published a one-year revenue budget, which will provide stability and assurances for our valued public services in the immediate future while we work collectively to plan for the future.”
Funding also included £111 million for apprenticeships and traineeships, and £4.5 million towards a pledge to raise the savings limit for people in residential care to £50,000.
The news comes as the Health Foundation recently published a report warning that the costs of the health service are likely to rise by an average of 3.2 per cent per year, in the long term.
This means that despite, the increase in funding, the NHS will continue to need to deliver a significant portion of efficient savings.
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