Autumn Budget 2017: Govt pledges additional NHS funding

  In total, Hammond pledged an additional £2.8bn of funding for the NHS over the next three years, including the £350m set out for this winter.   This will include £1.6 billion in 2018-19 to the NHS, with the balance to be paid in 19-20. This will take the extra resource into the NHS next year to £3.75 billion in total meaning the NHS will receive a £7.5bn increase to its resource budget this year and next year, Hammond said in his Budget speech. The announcement comes weeks after NHS chief executive Simon Stevens urged the government to spend at least £4bn more in 2018-19 - say...