The Welsh Government has announced it is to allocate an extra £40million to the Welsh NHS in 2014-15 to help deal with winter pressures.

Finance Minister Jane Hutt said the extra investment, which has come from the Welsh Government’s reserves, is in addition to £200 million being allocated to the Welsh NHS in 2014-15.

The £40 million is the equivalent amount for Wales of the additional £700 million the UK Government has given to NHS England to help it deal with winter pressures.

Ms Hutt said: “The additional £40 million means that in 2014-15, the Welsh NHS will have received nearly a quarter of a billion pounds in extra investment to deliver high-quality, sustainable health services.

"This demonstrates our clear commitment to a sustainable NHS in Wales based on the reforms outlined in the Nuffield report.”