They estimate that an annual cash injection of £6.3 billion would be needed to close this ‘mortality gap.’ In the first study of its kind , the British Medical Journal has reported that 120,000 deaths have occurred as a result of underfunding in the NHS since 2010 . From analyzing trends between 2009 and 2014 , researchers estimate an extra 152,141 people could die between 2015 and 2020 , amounting to nearly 100 extra deaths every year . In the fragile Brexit negotiations , and considering the £ 350 million weekly pledge by the Leave campaign , funding will be the source of these figures . The funding needed to close what the Conservatives are calling the ' mortality gap ' would be £ 6.3bn per year .
In the first study of its kind , the British Medical Journal has reported that 120,000 deaths have occurred as a result of underfunding in the NHS since 2010 . From analyzing trends between 2009 and 2014 , researchers estimate an extra 152,141 people could die between 2015 and 2020 , amounting to nearly 100 extra deaths every year . In the fragile Brexit negotiations , and considering the £ 350 million weekly pledge by the Leave campaign , funding will be the source of these figures . The funding needed to close what the Conservatives are calling the ' mortality gap ' would be £ 6.3bn per year .