The new funding formula announced last week includes a separate health inequalities formula, that directs resources to the places with greatest need. My hon. Friend’s local NHS benefits from the new formula and will receive an 11.7 per cent. increase in funding over the next two years.
The recommendations of the advisory committee on resource allocation informed the new funding formula announced on 8 December that the hon. Member’s local NHS—South East Essex—benefits from the new formula and will receive an 11.3 per cent. increase in funding over the next two years.