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There's certainly politics involved - after all the general election is only six months away.
Even so its quite something for a health minister to admit there is a health funding gap for the next financial year and if it's not filled the NHS "could crash".
Norman Lamb, the Liberal Democrat Health Minister, was wearing his party hat when he called on the Chancellor, George Osborne, to provide up to £1.5bn extra for the NHS in England for the 2015-16 financial year.
Mr Lamb acknowledges that some of the money could be generated by yet more efficiency savings. But he believes that the bulk of the gap will have to be filled by new money courtesy of the Treasury when the Autumn Statement is made in early December.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-30013506
Even so its quite something for a health minister to admit there is a health funding gap for the next financial year and if it's not filled the NHS "could crash".
Norman Lamb, the Liberal Democrat Health Minister, was wearing his party hat when he called on the Chancellor, George Osborne, to provide up to £1.5bn extra for the NHS in England for the 2015-16 financial year.
Mr Lamb acknowledges that some of the money could be generated by yet more efficiency savings. But he believes that the bulk of the gap will have to be filled by new money courtesy of the Treasury when the Autumn Statement is made in early December.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-30013506