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The pandemic has had a negative impact on health inequalities and highlighted the crucial importance...
Conclusion
The pandemic has had a negative impact on health inequalities and highlighted the crucial importance of effective public health services in supporting local populations. Public health services are therefore vital allies in tackling the backlog, and we are surprised at the decision merely to maintain current public health grant funding levels.
Government Response Summary
The government acknowledges the importance of public health services and states that public health grant funding levels have been increased by £340 million in 2022/23 to £3.47 billion.
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Government Response
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Government Response
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HM Government
Accepted
Partially accept. The Government recognises the crucial importance of effective public health services in supporting local populations, and the negative impact that the pandemic has had on health inequalities. Public health services are vital in tackling the backlog, and this has been recognised through the decision to increase public health grant funding levels by £340 million in 2022/23, taking the total to £3.47 billion.
Source
Committee
Health and Social Care Committee
Report
Ninth report - Clearing the backlog caused by the pandemic
06 Jan 2022
HC 599
Addressee Bodies
Department of Health and Social Care
Timeline
Recommendation age
4.6 yrs
Report published
06 Jan 2022