Creating better health value: understanding the economic impact of NHS spending by care setting

Creating better health value: understanding the economic impact of NHS spending by care setting This research report (commissioned by the NHS Confederation and conducted by Carnall Farrar) examines where the greatest returns on investment from spending in the NHS can come from to impact the wider domestic economy. It shows that when high levels of funding are ploughed into primary and community care the economic gains are significant. In the five years between 2015 and 2019 those localities in England that most increased NHS spend in primary and community care experienced far higher gross value added (GVA) growth in their areas than those that spent the least on these services. There is also an Associated briefing.