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Recommendation 14
14
Accepted in Part
Paragraph: 80
As part of its national health and care recovery plan, we recommend that the Government...
Recommendation
As part of its national health and care recovery plan, we recommend that the Government sets out the contribution that public health services will make, and ensures that this contribution is backed with a level of funding that acknowledges their crucial role.
Government response summary AI-generated
The government acknowledges the vital role of public health services and states that funding levels have been increased by £340 million in 2022/23 to £3.47 billion, but does not explicitly commit to setting out their contribution within a national recovery plan.
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80
Government Response
Accepted in Part
HM Government · verbatim extract
Accepted in Part
Partially accept. The Government recognises the crucial importance of effective public health services in supporting local populations, and the negative impact that the pandemic has had on health inequalities. Public health services are vital in tackling the backlog, and this has been recognised through the decision to increase public health grant funding levels by £340 million in 2022/23, taking the total to £3.47 billion.
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