Claim: The government has announced an unprecedented £84 billion real-terms increase in funding for the NHS.
Fact-check: Is £84 billion being spent on the NHS? - Full Fact
Verdict: the increase is £20.5 billion in real-terms for the nhs in england between 2018/19 and 2023/24. there is a way of calculating the figures that gets £84 billion, but it's unhelpful and contains some potentially misleading figures.
Organisation: Full Fact
Author: Claire Milne
Date published: 2018-10-19T00:00:00