The opposition leaders have criticized the government on the failing amount of money spent by the health services in the country despite an election promise by the David Cameron to invest more money into the NHS.

According to the latest figures, the treasury took back £ 1.4 billion that was meant for health spending but was not spent by the Department of Health. The Treasury has confirmed that it was received £ 1.4 billion of £ 1.7 billion that were not spent by the DoH on the NHS in England in 2011-12.

The excess cash lying around was a result of under spending by the NHS chiefs even as campaigners continued to complain about increasing rationing of treatment, hospital facing closures and children health care units being closed down.

The DoH will only keep about £ 300 million of the surplus cash while the remaining is retaken by Chancellor George Osborne. Labour leaders have said that it is a "raid" on NHS funding by George Osborne.

Shadow Health Secretary Andy Burnham pointed out that Cameron had made false promises on the NHS at the time of the elections. "He cynically promised to give the NHS more money, but today it's clear he's cut its budget for the second year running," said Burnham.