Fact checks about increases and decreases in funding of the NHS, including the number of hospitals being built and record levels of funding
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Labour increased health spending from 1997-2010 by almost record levels. Satisfaction with the NHS peaked at 70% in 2010. It has since fallen to 57%. Read
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Neither Labour nor the Conservatives’ NHS funding pledges at the last election were as big as the government's latest announcement. The NHS is still set to get less per year than it has historically. Read
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We spent almost £150 billion on healthcare across the UK in 2016/17 and a further £31 billion on social care for adults and children. Read
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A proposed deal will see pay rise for some NHS staff by between 4.5% and 29% over three years, including both salary rises and staff pay progression. The rise will be 6.5% for roughly half of staff. Read
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A widely-quoted estimate of £10 billion as the cost of the NHS internal market can’t be backed up by the evidence. Read
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NHS Scotland spending is planned to increase by £2 billion, accounting for projected inflation, between 2006/07 and 2018/19. Read
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Experts said NHS England needed £4 billion in 2018/19. The government announced in November it will receive £1.6 billion, or £1.9 billion including capital spending. Read
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NHS England spent £11.6 billion on mental health in 2016/17. Read
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Around 83% of English acute hospital trusts are in deficit so far this year. Social care spending has also fallen by £1.3 billion since 2010. Read
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A report estimates 120,000 more people have died since 2010 than would have if the mortality rate from 2001-10 had stayed the same. Read
