#nhs-funding

#nhs-funding

The chancellor's decision is a setback for the health secretary, who had been lobbying behind the scenes in Whitehall for extra money to pay off 18,000 personnel who are losing their jobs. The Treasury has instead allowed the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) to overspend its allotted budget by about 1bn this financial year. But this is on the understanding that it will have less money in 2026-27 and no new cash overall. Streeting had spent months trying to persuade the Treasury to grant additional funding to enable the NHS's 42 integrated care boards to start slimming down their role.

I ended up getting quite down because of the difficulties I was encountering, and then I didn't work for a little while; but I'm delighted to say that I am now working again.

His Majesty's Revenue and Customs will take approximately 45% of Christian Horner's reported £80million settlement for leaving his role at Red Bull according to analysts at OLBG. The 51-year-old, who was valued a reported £40,000,000 prior to this windfall, will more than double his net worth once taxes have been paid to the state. Fortunately for Horner, he should not have to pay National Insurance as termination payments are not generally considered as earnings.

Although few people seem to have fully grasped this at the time, the 22.6bn boost in last year's budget is being absorbed by inflation, higher national insurance contributions and pay rises including the 22.3% awarded to resident doctors restricting scope for spending elsewhere. The difficulties involved in the ambitious behind-the-scenes reorganisation that Mr Streeting initiated in the spring have also become clearer.

"Introducing VAT on private health provision could provide vital funding for the NHS and social care," Kinnock said. "Ending the VAT exemption to generate much-needed revenue is a reasonable and widely-supported step."

Bexley Council has confirmed it will give a grant of 359,196 to Crayford Town Surgery to implement work which will see the creation of two new clinic rooms.

The NHS is facing a crisis reminiscent of medieval health inequality, with spending soaring due to rising child poverty and untreated illnesses in the poorest communities.

The Resolution Foundation warned that Reeves could be forced into further tax increases to maintain higher levels of spending, emphasizing the need for fiscal caution.

Nigel Farage has called for an end to the NHS being funded through taxes, but refused to say how it would be paid for instead. The Reform UK leader sparked fresh fears that patients would be charged for accessing the health service if he won a general election, arguing the current model does not work.