A question on #HealthServices #Finance tabled by Lord Scriven on 01-07-2025 has been answered by Baroness Merron.

Heading: Health Services: Finance
Question ID: 1818609
UIN: HL9018
House: Lords
Date tabled: 2025-07-01
Asking Member ID: 4333
Asking Member display name: Lord Scriven
Asking Member handle: Paulscriven
Asking Member Twitter reference: @Paulscriven
Member interest: false
Question text: To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of reports that NHS England has categorised £1.5 billion worth of local trust and commissioner financial plans as “high risk” and what estimate have they made, by NHS trust and integrated care
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Date answered: 2025-07-11
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Answering Member ID: 347
Answering Member display name: Baroness Merron
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Answering Member Twitter reference: Baroness Merron
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Answer text: The Department is working closely with NHS England to manage financial risk in 2025/26, and to assure the delivery of agreed financial plans. We recognise the aggregate £1.5 billion of risk in plans, which is a top-down estimate. The Department has not ma...
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Answering body ID: 17
Answering body name: Department of Health and Social Care
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