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NHS Trusts: Finance

Commons · Question 104722 · Tabled 12 Jan 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record

Answered 20 Jan 2026

Question

Asked by Damian Hinds

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether funding for NHS hospital trusts will be adjusted as a result of business rates revaluation and the new multiplier bands from April 2026.

Answer

Answered by Karin Smyth, 20 Jan 2026

No additional funding has been made to National Health Service hospital trusts as a result of business rates revaluation and the new multiplier bands from April 2026. However, the Government uses the Market Forces Factor (MFF) within the NHS payment schem...