Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 9813

Health Services: Disadvantaged

Tabled: 17 October 2024
Answered: 24 October 2024

Question

Sarah Coombes

LabourWest Bromwich

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the impact of the current NHS resource allocation formula on more deprived areas.

Answer

Karin Smyth
The National Health Service resource allocation formula is intended to support equal opportunity of access for equal need, taking account of NHS England’s duty to have regard to the need to reduce health inequalities. The formula takes account of factors ...

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