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NHS set to receive 4% budget rise but health chiefs say it may not be enough

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NHS on course to be one of the big winners in spending review on 30 October .

But it may not be enough to deliver Labour ’s key pledge of cutting the huge care backlog and adding millions of extra appointments.

One Whitehall source said it would only allow them to “stand still” on waiting lists.

NHS Confederation’s chief executive pleaded for extra funding to help hospitals cope with the huge extra demand the cold months bring.

Matthew Taylor said voters would not understand if extra funding was handed to private hospitals, rather than used to help the service itself.

There are widespread fears that a “tripledemic” of flu, Covid and RSV could overwhelm hospitals.

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