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pounds500m cash boost brings total to pounds2bn
Chancellor Gordon Brown this week announced a pounds500m budget boost for the NHS and said it brought Labour's extra investment in health to around pounds2bn since coming to power.
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Managers' leaders welcome pounds500m but warn of longer-term problems
Managers' leaders greeted the extra pounds500m for the NHS as a vital 'first instalment' that would help them to tackle long-term waiting list problems.
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Fundamental changes to NHS financing ruled out
Health secretary Frank Dobson this week ruled out any 'fundamental changes in the way the NHS is financed', and launched a vigorous defence of its role in making the British economy more competitive.