HEALTH services in Warrington are to receive a major cash boost from the Government over the next three years.
NHS Warrington – the Primary Care Trust – will receive a 5.5 per cent increase in funding next year, with a further 11.3 
per cent over the following two years, 2009/10 and 2010/ll.
Director of finance Ray Beale-Pratt said: “We welcome the increase in the allocation awarded to NHS Warrington, especially when it is seen in the context of the current national economic downturn.
“It provides an opportunity to continue the improvements in health services and standards of care which we are currently consulting on through the strategic commissioning plan.”
The boost means Warrington will now receive £291 million in 2009/10 and £307 million in 2010/11, according to an elated Warrington North MP Helen Jones (pictured).
She said: “This is very good news indeed. The increase in funding
represents a cumulative cash increase of £31.2 million over the
two years for the town’s Primary Care Trust.
“I am particularly pleased that the new allocation includes a health inequalities formula which continues to target resources to the places with the biggest health problems and will therefore help reduce health inequalities within my constituency.”
Health services to get funding boost
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