Thursday 4 May 2017

NHS annual budget rises under Tories are fraction of past increases – IFS

NHS annual budget rises under Tories are fraction of past increases – IFS early funding rises of 1.3% between 2009-10 and 2015-16 are less than one-third of levels health service has had over 60 years

The annual increases in the NHS budget since 2009 have been less than one-third of the average yearly funding rise the health service has had over the past 60 years, according to the Institute for Fiscal Studies.

Public spending on health across the UK went up by 1.3% a year between 2009-10, Labour’s last year in power, and 2015-16, the first year of David Cameron’s majority Conservative government. The Guardian

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