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To those hoping to make sense of this Spending Review: be careful with time periods. Most of the % numbers the Chancellor is using are for 2023/24 to 2028/29 (the full parliament), including the cash injections provided last year & this year, rather than starting in 2025/26.

The biggest losers in the spending review are home office (-1.7%), MHCLG (-1.4%), transport (-5%), Defra (-2.7%), foreign office (-6.9%)

Think it’s a bit off HMT’s not contributing to one-off costs of redundancy given it yields ongoing savings. & DH now has to admit that cost of reorg will come from budget for patient care: harder to justify. & costs are big (1bn+) so to meet them DH might need to go slow on reorg

This is right. We’ve set out with National Voices how the ten year plan can better track patient experience: futurehealth-research.com/millions-of-pe…

Richard Sloggett Deffo been some failure of process. Weren’t the % reductions anno’d separately by DHSC/NHSE, presumably w/out them getting any assurance from HMT on redundancy costs. Total mess if ICBs diligently come up with their 50% cuts for q3 only to be told DHSC can’t afford them after all

GDP fell 0.3% in April 2025. Services (-0.4%) and production (-0.6%) both shrank but construction (+0.9) grew. Read more ➡ ons.gov.uk/economy/grossd…

Oh dear. Uk economy shrinks by 0.3% in April. Worst since Oct 2023 and worse than expected...

Central Dept of Health budgets - which include social care, public health and admin costs - are to be squeezed to fund an increase in day to day NHS spending hsj.co.uk/finance-and-ef…

Well worth your time on why the health budget - below the usual ‘winner’ headlines - is the biggest political gamble of this Spending Review

An investment of £97 million p/a would ensure that there are 2m fewer smokers by the end of this Parliament. A polluter pays levy on the Tobacco Industry would mean this is not funded by the taxpayer. ASH's Hazel Cheeseman highlights the missed opportunity in the Spending Review.

Quite the chart from the Institute for Fiscal Studies on just how far the NHS has to go to hit its target of treating people 92% within 18 weeks - one of Starmer's flagship pledges As my colleague Chris Smyth revealed this week, internal modelling suggests that it's likely to

Good to see this. Will likely be in the section on reinvigorating quality in the 10YP

Will be doing NHS ConfedExpo podcast shortly in Manchester. Big focus on prevention but we’ll also be covering reaction to the Secretary of State’s speech

At #NHSConfedExpo now, a The Richmond Group session focussing on what changes neighbourhood health needs to tangibly deliver for patients - how will things feel different for them?

NHS England develops new private finance model to fund capital projects on.ft.com/4l6zemE

Resolution Foundation | “Britain is on track to become a “National Health State” where half of all public spending is allocated to the NHS and social care by the end of the decade, according to a leading thinktank.” theguardian.com/business/2025/…

I've penned some further thoughts on what the Spending Review means for Health and Care for the The Spectator Focus here on challenges associated with meeting objectives behind the funding & how the uplift raises salience of the Ten Year Health Plan 👇 spectator.co.uk/article/how-ex…

The NHS reformers must now prove their case ift.tt/whd60Mv

Scottish government has published its own 10 year plan for health + social care (not just NHS). Population planning will mean fewer specialist centres and people "may have to travel further for treatment", gov says Likely to be some political fights in run-up to election