General Practitioners: Paisley and Renfrewshire North
The question
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to help support GP practices in Paisley and Renfrewshire North constituency, in the context of the changes made to employers' National Insurance Contributions at the Autumn Budget 2024.
Answered by Stephen Kinnock
Whilst the Department holds some reserved functions, health is predominantly devolved. This includes services within the National Health Service in Scotland, which are the responsibility of Scottish Government.
It is for the Scottish Government to decide how to direct the £1.5 billion of extra funding delivered by the budget this year and £3.4 billion next year.
We have taken necessary decisions to fix the foundations in the public finances at Autumn Budget, which enabled the Spending Review settlement of a £22.6 billion increase in resource spending for the Department from 2023/24 outturn to 2025/26. The employer National Insurance rise will be implemented April 2025, with the Department setting out further details on allocation of funding, including for NHS England and Primary Care, for next year in due course.
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