Statistics chief asks for clarity on source of “new” NHS money
BMJ 2019; 366 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.l5776 (Published 30 September 2019) Cite this as: BMJ 2019;366:l5776
- Nigel Hawkes
- London
The UK Statistics Authority has written to the Department of Health and Social Care asking how it justified its recent claims about £1.8bn of new funding for the NHS in England.
When the prime minister announced the spending on 5 August,1 he referred to it as “a new £1.8bn cash injection.” The Department of Health and Social Care explained in a press release that this “new” money consisted of £850m for 20 hospitals to upgrade facilities and equipment and a £1bn boost to NHS capital spending.
Outsiders immediately began raising questions about how new this money really was. Sally Gainsbury, an expert on …
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