13:15 ET<\/span>
\n<\/span><\/p>\nThe NHS budget in England could be topped up to prevent a real terms cut in health spending, government sources have indicated.<\/p>\n
Labour claim Wednesday’s Budget contained a \u00a31bn cut in NHS funding – breaking a key coalition pledge.<\/p>\n
But government sources told BBC News the Budget figures were “just an estimate”.<\/p>\n
The Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) has said the promise not to cut NHS spending may only be “barely met”. <\/p>\n
Shadow health secretary John Healey said: “The small print of the Budget confirms that David Cameron is letting the NHS down, and has broken his promise to protect the NHS.<\/p>\n
“With the Office for Budget Responsibility’s new inflation forecasts, NHS England is in fact facing a real terms cut of \u00a31bn.” <\/p>\n
‘Close to the wind’<\/span><\/p>\nBut the Prime Minister’s spokeswoman rejected Labour’s claim – and stressed that David Cameron was sticking to the pledge he made at Prime Minister’s Questions on 15 December, when he said: “We want to see NHS spending increase by more than inflation every year.” <\/p>\n
She said the widely-respected IFS think tank had confirmed the government was meeting its pledge. <\/p>\n
In its analysis of Chancellor George Osborne’s budget, the IFS said: “In terms of the government’s pledge to grow NHS spending in real terms year on year, this is now expected to be only barely met between 2010-11 and 2011-12.” <\/p>\n
It concludes: “The government is meeting its pledge, but is sailing perilously close to the wind.”<\/p>\n
The IFS said the department of health would meet its pledge because it had changed the baseline figure it used to measure its commitment.<\/p>\n
It had been using planned spending figures for 2010\/11 – but the Budget documents appeared to be using actual spending figures for the period, which are about \u00a3900m less.<\/p>\n
Last year’s coalition document – binding the Conservatives and Lib Dems together in a shared programme for government – pledged to protect the NHS from spending cuts.<\/p>\n
It said: “We will guarantee that health spending increases in real terms in each year of the Parliament. <\/p>\n
“At the last election Labour did not promise to protect spending on the NHS.” <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p>\n
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