Fact checks about increases and decreases in funding of the NHS, including the number of hospitals being built and record levels of funding
Health
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
Health
NHS England spent £11.6 billion on mental health in 2016/17. Read
Health
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
Health
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
Health
Government after government has considered £500 million plenty of money to boast about giving the NHS to help deal with the extra pressures of winter. Read
Health
The NHS “got less than we asked for”, the chief of NHS England Simon Stevens told MPs in the Public Accounts Committee in January. Read
Economy, Business & Finance
Full Fact factchecks what the parties do say. Often what they haven't said matters even more. Read
Health
Readers have asked us to look into claims about the Naylor Review and its recommendations on selling NHS land. Read
Health
NHS funding works differently across the country, but most of the budget comes from the Government. Read
Health
Nearly two-thirds of NHS trusts and foundation trusts ended the 2015/16 year in deficit. Read
