Chancellor Jeremy Hunt has announced £2.45bn of extra funding for the NHS in England in 2024/25 in his spring Budget.
In his spring Budget on 6 March, chancellor Jeremy Hunt announced the NHS in England would receive an extra £2.5bn to cover its day-to-day running costs in 2024/25.
The NHS in Wales will receive an extra £40m in capital funding in 2024/25, compared with the original amount released in the draft budget at the end of last year, giving a total general capital allocation of £439m.
Wales’ final budget for 2024/25 revealed that the NHS will see a £40m increase in capital funding on the figure in the draft budget in December.
NHS Wales is to benefit from £10m in additional capital funding to upgrade scanning equipment and digital infrastructure.
Systems receiving funding to cover planned deficits in 2023/24 will still be treated as if they have overspent and funding will be repayable.
The health and care system in England must put primary and community care at its core if it is to be effective and sustainable, according to the King’s Fund.
The Institute for Fiscal Studies has published a report on the Scottish government's 2024/25 Budget, which will raise taxes on the 5% highest earners but decrease health funding in real terms.
The Department of Health and Social Care has had its 2022/23 accounts qualified over its treatment of elective recovery funding.
The Institute for Fiscal Studies has published a report setting out the constraints and trade-offs for the next government, given that the UK faces some of the most difficult economic and fiscal choices outside of pandemics, conflicts and financial crises.