#nhs-funding

#nhs-funding

"Introducing VAT on private health provision could provide vital funding for the NHS and social care," Kinnock said. "Ending the VAT exemption to generate much-needed revenue is a reasonable and widely-supported step."

Bexley Council has confirmed it will give a grant of 359,196 to Crayford Town Surgery to implement work which will see the creation of two new clinic rooms.

The NHS is facing a crisis reminiscent of medieval health inequality, with spending soaring due to rising child poverty and untreated illnesses in the poorest communities.

The Resolution Foundation warned that Reeves could be forced into further tax increases to maintain higher levels of spending, emphasizing the need for fiscal caution.

Nigel Farage has called for an end to the NHS being funded through taxes, but refused to say how it would be paid for instead. The Reform UK leader sparked fresh fears that patients would be charged for accessing the health service if he won a general election, arguing the current model does not work.