Health Services: Greater London

(asked on 6th October 2017) - View Source

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent assessment he has made of the financial sustainability of NHS services in north west London.


Answered by
Philip Dunne Portrait
Philip Dunne
This question was answered on 16th October 2017

Funding for the North West London Sustainability and Transformation Plan area is £3.7 billion in 2017/18. Between 2015-16 and 2020-21 it is expected to rise by £602.5 million – a cash increase of 17%.

We are keenly aware that local issues exist within the context of overall plans, but as with all public services, local National Health Service areas need to live within their means. NHS England and NHS Improvement will continue to work with a small number of areas who could do more to balance their financial plans, as many already have.

The NHS has worked hard to manage its finances in a challenging period, reporting significant improvements compared to previous years. The overall deficit, the size of individual deficits and the number of trusts reporting a deficit, are all significantly down.

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