Source · Select Committees · Public Accounts Committee
Recommendation 12
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The Department has allocated £14 billion to NHS England from 2022–23 to 2024–25 specifically to...
Conclusion
The Department has allocated £14 billion to NHS England from 2022–23 to 2024–25 specifically to recover elective and cancer care, comprising £8 billion of resource funding and £5.9 billion of capital funding, as described in the November 2021 Budget and Spending Review.24 The Autumn Statement in November 2022 then, separately, committed additional funding to the overall NHS budget due to financial pressures. NHSE’s planned resource limit for 2024–25 is now £166 billion: “£3.3 billion in each of the next 2 years to support the NHS in England in response to the significant financial pressures it faces, and [enable] rapid action to improve emergency, elective and primary care performance”.25
Government Response
A response document is linked to this report, dated 30 May 2023. Response attribution to this conclusion has not been verified. Read the response document ↗