Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 70860
NHS: Finance
Tabled: 29 August 2025
Answered: 10 September 2025
Question
Christine Jardine
Liberal Democrat — Edinburgh West
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
Karin SmythIntegrated 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...
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