Spring Budget 2025 analysis: What is the outlook for health and social care?

The Spring Budget offered little additional support for the NHS or social care, as the government leaned on existing commitments around workforce, technology upgrades, and efficiency drives. What will be the impact? 

No New Funding to Boost NHS Capacity
Sally Gainsbury, Senior Policy Analyst of the Nuffield Trust, confirmed that the day-to-day health budget is set to grow by less than 2% in real terms next year—well below the historical average of around 3%, which is typically required to maintain current service levels. Although the budget restates NHS England’s funding uplift to £192 billion by 2025/26, this was not a new commitment.  

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Spring Budget 2025 analysis: What is the outlook for health and social care? - The Lowdown