NHS: Finance
Commons · Question 70860 · Tabled 29 Aug 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record
Answered 10 Sep 2025
Question
Asked by Christine Jardine
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of poverty on NHS spending.
Answer
Answered by Karin Smyth, 10 Sep 2025
Integrated care boards receive funding allocations from NHS England to pay for the services they commission. Most funding is allocated as a non-ringfenced budget, informed by a calculation of what would constitute a “fair share” of funding based on a form...