Health chief to announce NHS funding approval

NEWS EXPECTED TO CLEAR UP UNCERTAINTY OVER JOBS

- By HELENA VESTY

HEALTH Secretary Wes Streeting is set to make a major announcement today about thousands of redundancies being made across the NHS.

Mr Streeting is expected to confirm that a funding settlement has now been reached for the '50 per cent reduction in headcount' across NHS England, the NHS' governing body.

It comes after the 1,600-strong NHS workforce in Greater Manchester had been left with an 'incredibly uncertain' future as the government refused to approve a redundancy scheme, the Manchester Evening News has previously reported.