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<p>The Department’s budget is not spent directly on mental health services. The bulk
of the Department’s budget is managed by NHS England, which is responsible for improving
health and care outcomes for people in England. NHS England collates information on
mental health expenditure for clinical commissioning groups (CCGs) and specialised
commissioned services. Other areas of direct commissioning also provide mental health
services, most notably general practitioners, but NHS England does not currently collect
details of spend on mental health in these areas.</p><p> </p><p>NHS England’s mental
health spend for 2016/17 and for 2017/18 are published in the Five Year Forward View
for Mental Health dashboard, and the planned spend for 2018/19 is due to be published
shortly. The dashboard also reports national CCG mental health spend as a percentage
of overall CCG programme allocation.</p><p> </p><p>The following table shows specialised
mental health spend and the total of CCG and specialised mental health spend as a
percentage of CCG and specialised programme allocations for 2015/16, 2016/17 and 2017/18
using data from the mental health dashboard where relevant. The table also provides
this information for 2013/14 and 2014/15, although this information is not included
in the mental health dashboard.</p><p> </p><p>NHS England mental health spend, as
a proportion of overall health spend 2013/14-2017/18</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>
</p></td><td><p>CCG mental health spend</p></td><td><p>Specialised mental health spend</p></td><td><p>Total
CCG and specialised mental health</p></td><td><p>CCG and Specialised mental spend
as a % of allocation</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>£ million</p></td><td><p>£
million</p></td><td><p>£ million</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013/14</p></td><td><p>7,819</p></td><td><p>1,764</p></td><td><p>9,583</p></td><td><p>12.2%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014/15</p></td><td><p>8,289</p></td><td><p>1,790</p></td><td><p>10,079</p></td><td><p>12.4%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015/16</p></td><td><p>9,148</p></td><td><p>1,831</p></td><td><p>10,979</p></td><td><p>13.0%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016/17</p></td><td><p>9,723</p></td><td><p>1,879</p></td><td><p>11,602</p></td><td><p>13.3%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017/18</p></td><td><p>10,080</p></td><td><p>1,896</p></td><td><p>11,976</p></td><td><p>13.3%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>
</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Source:
NHS England</p><p> </p><p>The Five Year Forward View for Mental Health dashboard is
available at the following link:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.england.nhs.uk/publication/mental-health-five-year-forward-view-dashboard/"
target="_blank">https://www.england.nhs.uk/publication/mental-health-five-year-forward-view-dashboard/</a></p><p>
</p><p>For future years, the Government announced its long term financial settlement
for the National Health Service in June. This will represent an increase of £20.5
billion in real terms by 2023/24. The Government has asked the National Health Service
to develop a long-term plan which will set out a vision for the health service and
ensure every penny is well spent, this will be published shortly.</p>
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