A highly charged debate.
Gordon Brown's 2002 budget is, according to the Treasury, set to deliver 'the largest ever sustained increase in NHS resources, in order to put the health service on a sustainable long-term financial footing'. Funded by an increase in national insurance (NI) contributions, the chancellor was able to announce annual real terms increases of 7.4 per cent for the NHS over five years, and 6 per cent for social care over three years. While these figures make extremely welcome reading on one level, there is, as usual, a sting in the tail.
University of Birmingham.
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