The chancellor, Rachel Reeves, is anticipated to announce £70 million for radiation equipment and £1.5 billion for new surgical centers and scanners.
Since July, an extra £1.8 billion will be allocated to elective appointments.
Ms. Reeves and Health Secretary Wes Streeting, however, stated that this would not address every issue facing the NHS. Mr. Streeting told News: “This winter, there will be people waiting on trolleys in corridors.” I can’t make things better that quickly.”
Ms. Reeves referred to the NHS as “the heartbeat of Britain” in her remarks prior to the budget on Wednesday, promising to halt the “neglect.
She did, however, caution that it would be difficult to “undo 14 years of damage” with her budget, which includes some tax increases to close a rumored £40 billion deficit in the public coffers.
“I don’t think you can undo 14 years of damage in one budget,” Ms. Reeves told reporters Monday at St George’s Hospital in Tooting, south London.
However, this budget will include the resources required to fulfill our manifesto pledge to add 40,000 new appointments per week, to clear the massive backlog, and to raise the capital budget to its highest level since 2010 in order to purchase new scanners and radiography equipment.
