The NHS will receive an extra £5.4bn over the next six months in order to help deal with the impact of COVID-19, the government has confirmed.

The additional funding will help tackle hospital waiting lists and the backlog of treatments delayed by the coronavirus pandemic.

Prime Minister Boris Johnson said: “The NHS was there for us during the pandemic – but treating COVID patients has created huge backlogs.

“This funding will go straight to the frontline, to provide more patients with the treatments they need but aren’t getting quickly enough.

“We will continue to make sure our NHS has what it needs to bust the COVID backlogs and help the health service build back better from the worst pandemic in a century.”

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