Claim: £1.8 billion of money announced for the NHS over the next five years isn't all new money.
Fact-check: Money for the NHS: is it new or not? - Full Fact
Verdict: this depends on how you define 'new money'. the treasury will have to increase spending by this amount—but it is money that nhs trusts had already earned, but were subsequently told they couldn't spend.
Organisation: Full Fact
Author: Claire Milne
Date published: 2019-08-06T00:00:00