PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Health Services: Weather (17 September 2015)
Question Asked
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what additional financial support he is making available to the NHS to help it deal with winter pressures.
Asked by:
Jonathan Reynolds (Labour)
Asked by:
Jonathan Reynolds (Labour)
Answer
£400 million in resilience money has been invested in the National Health Service for winter 2015-16. Learning from previous years, we have put this money into the NHS baseline for 2015-16 so that the NHS can plan effectively at local level for the long-term and take earlier action to tackle the symptoms of seasonal pressures.
There will be no further additional money for the NHS ahead of winter.
Answered by:
Jeremy Hunt (Conservative)
13 October 2015
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