The investment will bring some benefits, from extra appointments to upgrades to a small number of outdated NHS facilities, but the measures in this budget alone won't fully deliver the much-needed reforms to health and care services the government has said it wants to deliver.
The NHS budget is due to grow by 3.8% annually under Labour's spending plans, but an expanding NHS workforce already requires yearly budget increases of 3.6%.
Experts warn that the boost to NHS funding is insufficient to rebuild the health service and improvements may take time for patients to see.
Rachel Reeves announced an additional £22.6bn over this year and next for the NHS, claiming it was the biggest spending increase for health services since 2010.
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