Fact checks about increases and decreases in funding of the NHS, including the number of hospitals being built and record levels of funding
NHS England spending is set to increase by £20.5 billion between 2018/19 and 2023/24. The last time spending increased by at least that amount was between 2004/05 and 2009/10. Read
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Another 21 hospital trusts were given money to plan for new buildings, but not to actually begin construction. Read
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It all depends on what you mean by new. But the £1 billion was money that had already been promised to hospitals but which they were unable to spend previously. Read
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£9.2 billion was spent on purchasing health care from private providers in 2018/19—a record amount in cash terms, but not in real terms or as a proportion of the department’s budget. Read
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English CCGs budgets are set to increase by around £3 billion each year in real terms over the next five years. Read
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Spending on NHS England will have increased by £20.5 billion by 2023/24 compared to 2018/19. That doesn’t cover all health spending though, and of the money won’t come from a a “Brexit dividend”. Read
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The net ingredient cost in 2017/18 of prescription items for diabetes in England was around £1 billion. But that doesn’t factor in things like discounts the NHS might receive or extra costs. Read
Question Time on 1 November came from Clacton-on-Sea. Topics covered included income tax changes, austerity, early elections, policing priorities, and the impact of the investigation into Arron Banks. Read
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The increase is £20.5 billion in real-terms for the NHS in England between 2018/19 and 2023/24. Read
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Some NHS staff were told they would all get a 3% pay rise from April this year, but many won’t get the full rise until later this financial year. Read
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