Could NHS England’s call for more funding and an overhaul help Labour?

Health service leaders have released a report calling for drastic changes; could this help Ed Miliband on the way to the election?

By Anoosh Chakelian

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Today, NHS England and five other public health bodies have released a report calling for radical changes to the health service to help it survive an imminent funding crisis.

The six national leading health bodies have outlined a five-year plan for the NHS, putting forward a plan to help plug the annual £30bn shortfall they claim will open up by 2020 – something that has been reported before as the approaching “black hole” in NHS funding.