article_snippet.sent: Despite the growing crisis in funding for NHS England, NHS has demanded even more cash for Scotland.
article_snippet.sent: Public funding north of the border is typically 20 per cent higher than in England – with Scots receiving an extra £1,200 on Scots health care alone.
article_snippet.sent: Public funding north of the border is typically 20 per cent higher  than in England – with Scots receiving an extra £1,200 on Scots health care alone.
article_snippet.sent: The average public spending per person in the UK is just under £9,000 – but only £8,700 in England.
article_snippet.sent: This compares with some £10,275 in Scotland.
article_snippet.sent: Wales, meanwhile, receives £10,000 – while Northern Ireland gets £11,000, the highest across the UK.
article_snippet.sent: The SNP manifesto also calls for even more health spending over the next five years – vowing to wring out an extra £9.5billion from UK taxpayers every year by 2020.
article_snippet.sent: This would mean a total increase for Scotland's NHS of £2billion.
highlights_snippet.sent: But Scotland gets £1,200 more per head spent on health than England .
  