Fears have been raised that Wes Streeting's inflation-busting funding deal for the NHS will not be enough for him to pay for the reforms he wants to drive through.
The British Medical Association (BMA), which represents doctors, has told The Independent it believes the government should match the average of the Tony Blair government years which saw an annual rise of 6.7 per cent.
Experts and NHS insiders have been warned by the respected King's Fund that it is a stand still settlement while others claim it may be short of what is needed in the wake of the massive pay deal for junior doctors.
This would equate to more than 13bn in the current Budget well above what Mr Streeting is understood to have secured.
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