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Re:UK: Excess deaths in 2022 among worst in 50 years by gadders on Tuesday January 10, 2023 @08:13AM (#34324315)
I guess you can restate "cut" to suit your point. I'd even accept "cut" if it was less money in real terms (i.e. after inflation). But I don't think you can define "cut" as "not giving the NHS all the money it asks for, even though it got more than last year".
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Re:UK: Excess deaths in 2022 among worst in 50 years by noelwelsh on Tuesday January 10, 2023 @08:33AM (#34324598)
Spending is increasing at a slower rate than demand: https://nhsfunding.info/underfunded/is-the-nhs-underfunded/

You can pedantically argue whether this is a "cut" or not, but that's not the issue. Nor is the issue how much the NHS asks for. The issue is there is less money per health-care-incident to provide care.

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