David Mowat – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department of Health

The below Parliamentary question was asked by David Mowat on 2014-06-04.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent discussions he has had on improving the fairness of the health allocation formula.

Dr Daniel Poulter

NHS England now has responsibility for clinical commissioning group (CCG) allocations. These decisions have been taken independently of government.

Between 2013-14 and 2015-16, Warrington CCG will receive a 7% increase in funding which is a £16.1 million uplift. The national average in this period is a 4.7% increase, which if it had been applied to Warrington would have given them £10.8 million, meaning they are £5.3 million better off than average.