David Cameron renews NHS funding pledges
Posted: 18 May 2015, 15:14David Cameron has renewed his vow to boost NHS funding and create a "seven-day" health service in his first major post-election speech.
The PM committed to a pre-election pledge to increase budgets by at least £8bn a year by 2020, during his speech at a GP surgery in the West Midlands.
The government is also promising to recruit 5,000 new GPs.
But doctors' representatives said without detail the announcement was "empty headline-grabbing".
The British Medical Association said the government was yet to explain how it would deliver additional care at a time of "chronic" doctor shortages.
Before the election, the Conservatives gave their backing to a plan by NHS England chief executive Simon Stevens to fill a funding gap estimated at £30bn a year by 2020.
This aims to make £22bn in efficiency savings, with the rest coming from taxpayers.
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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-32772548
The PM committed to a pre-election pledge to increase budgets by at least £8bn a year by 2020, during his speech at a GP surgery in the West Midlands.
The government is also promising to recruit 5,000 new GPs.
But doctors' representatives said without detail the announcement was "empty headline-grabbing".
The British Medical Association said the government was yet to explain how it would deliver additional care at a time of "chronic" doctor shortages.
Before the election, the Conservatives gave their backing to a plan by NHS England chief executive Simon Stevens to fill a funding gap estimated at £30bn a year by 2020.
This aims to make £22bn in efficiency savings, with the rest coming from taxpayers.
Read more
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-32772548