NHS financial budgets are increasing broadly in line with a long-run historical average rather than the large increases committed during the New Labour years. Capital budgets are rising after years of being deprioritised, with a lot of growth for new business requirements.
Siva Anandaciva is Chief Analyst of The Kings Fund, an independent charitable organisation working to improve health and care in England.
In this video, Anandaciva notes that health funding is rising, pointing to a dissonance between more money coming into the system with expectations and immediate concerns about whether these expectations can be met. He raises questions about accountability and changes to how money moves through the system, discussing the notion that NHS finances do not feel evolutionary but liminal.
