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The Welsh Government has announced that an extra £5 million will be made available for digital services in the country’s health service.
It has confirmed a second supplementary budgets from that announced in October 2023 to provide additional support for the NHS and Transport for Wales.
This comes from decisions made by the UK Government to increase spending in devolved areas, although it has come too late to be spent in this financial year and will be places into the Wales Reserve for use over 2024-26.
It is accompanied by the provision of an extra 31 million to upgrade MRI scanners and 31.3 million for ultrasound scanning equipment.
Minister for Health and Social Care Eluned Morgan said: “This additional capital funding, together with the in-year revenue funding is welcome.
“But the NHS is facing the toughest financial pressures in recent history due to inflation and increased demand in both planned and emergency care. Health boards have had to make some very difficult decisions despite the additional injection of funding over and above their allocated budgets.”
