Simon Stevens hopes for ‘considerably more progress’ in negotiations with Treasury to front-load extra cash and ease pressure on health service
The chief executive of NHS England, Simon Stevens, has said the government spending review may leave the health service without a workable funding settlement.
Stevens said negotiations were still taking place but the NHS would be on rocky ground if things did not change before George Osborne’s announcement this month.
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