Exclusive: Hospitals and councils have not received £300m promised four months ago to free up beds
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Rishi Sunak faces accusations he has misled the public after it emerged hospitals and councils have not received £300m in emergency funding to free up NHS beds that was first promised four months ago.
The government announced last September it was providing an extra £500m to get thousands of medically fit patients out of hospital into their own homes or social care as soon as possible to prevent the NHS becoming overwhelmed this winter.
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