Claim: The money that the government spends through the Department for Health and Social Care is around 40% of our day-to-day spending.
Fact-check: Health secretary's claim on health spending fact checked - Full Fact
Verdict: this figure seems to exclude about half of government spending. dhsc spending is actually around a quarter of what might be considered total day-to-day spending, once you factor in things like pensions.
Organisation: Full Fact
Author: Abbas Panjwani
Date published: 2022-09-22T00:00:00