A guide to the NHS spending pledges by the three main parties contesting the election on 4 July has been issued by The King’s Fund.
The real-terms increase in government spending on the NHS in England under successive Conservative governments since 2015 has averaged 2.8%, according to a study by The King’s Fund.
The Northern Ireland Executive has agreed a Budget for 2024/25 with no department receiving the level of funding it bid for.
The Northern Ireland Executive has agreed a Budget for 2024/25, with the Department of Health taking more than half of the £15bn revenue budget agreed by the power sharing executive.
Nearly three quarters (72%) of in-scope NHS organisations have now onboarded to the Atamis procurement system, exceeding NHS England’s 70% target ahead of the planned deadline on 31 March 2024.
At the end of July, NHS England chief financial officer Julian Kelly reported that 15 of 42 integrated care systems had deficit plans for the year.
NHS England has withdrawn its proposed 18 September opening date for this year’s national cost collection.
The NHS budget needed to cover any increased running costs will need to be considered in future spending reviews.
Health and social care service leaders are calling for broad reform, better investment and more support for staff in adult social care services.
The NHS faces a ‘significant challenge’ to improve urgent care services with no straightforward solution to improving a complex system.