article_snippet.sent: This is the figure named by NHS boss Simon Stevens as the amount needed to help plug a £30billion hole in the health service
article_snippet.sent: the move is designed to demolish cynical Labour claims that the Tories would ‘cut NHS to the bone’ and will mean ‘at least’ an extra £8billion a year for NHS by 2020.
article_snippet.sent: Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt said: ‘NHS has set out NHS vision for how we best improve the health service for patients, and today we are backing a plan to ‘train with the money a plan to ‘train needs.
article_snippet.sent: But we can only have a strong NHS if we have a strong economy.
article_snippet.sent: The decision to back the ‘Stevens plan’ is designed to neutralise Labour attacks on the issue.
article_snippet.sent: That’s why I’m backing the NHS’s own plan with the cash required to ensure NHS’s can continue to deliver an amazing service to patients and their families in the future.
article_snippet.sent: The Tory move will pile pressure on Labour to put The Tory move money where The Tory move mouth is on the NHS.
article_snippet.sent: This week, Labour health spokesman Andy Burnham said Labour health spokesman Andy Burnham could not commit to Mr Stevens
article_snippet.sent: I’m not in the business of making false promises or giving cheques to the NHS that will bounce a few days after the election.
highlights_snippet.sent: Move is designed to demolish cynical Labour claims of Tory cutting NHS .
  