Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 6 June 2023 to Question 186779 on Health Services, what proportion of additional NHS funding (a) in 2023/24 and (b) 2024/25 will be spent on delivery of the Major Conditions Strategy.

Funding for the development of the Major Conditions Strategy will come out of Department’s existing funding allocation. This funding is not separately identified.

The funding provided at the Autumn Statement comes on top of the Spending Review 2021 settlement, which provided a 33% total cash increase of £43.9 billion when compared to 2019/20, when our budget outturn was £133.5 billion.

As part of the Strategy, we will identifying innovative actions to help alleviate pressure on the National Health Service, such as maximising use of new technologies to screen individuals for conditions.