PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Department of Health and Social Care: Public Expenditure (29 November 2022)

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of increased inflation on (a) his Department's budget and (b) patient care in the NHS.

Asked by:
Dame Caroline Dinenage (Conservative)

The Government is investing an additional £3.3 billion in 2023/24 and 2024/25 to respond to pressures on the National Health Service and improve emergency, elective and primary care. The NHS resource budget in England will increase to £160.4 billion in 2023/24 and £165.9 billion in 2024/25.

Answered by:
Will Quince (Conservative)
8 December 2022