[jaxie]

On last night's This Week program, it was stated several times that the NHS was asked by the government how much money they needed last year with regard an ongoing budget to cover several years and they were given the figure they asked for.

I did a bit of a google and found an article about it where the NHS chief and government dispute each others story.

https://www.theguardian.com/society/...health-funding

Although The chief executive of NHS England disagreed with the prime minister’s statement, he did admit that the NHS had been given the funding it requested for two years involved in the budget plan.

To me this doesn't sound like the Government are starving the NHS of cash though there do seem to be some mistakes being made but mistakes on both sides. Are the government getting an unfair rap over funding? Are the NHS budgeting poorly?