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<p>Of the £6.6 billion COVID-19 response funding for health services announced by
the Chancellor of the Exchequer on 13<sup>th</sup> April, approximately £4.2 billion
will fund direct costs incurred by the National Health Service. The remaining will
fund centrally-led initiatives such as personal protective equipment, testing and
the ventilator programme that will also directly support the NHS’s COVID-19 response.</p><p>Spending
data is collected on a monthly basis by NHS England and NHS Improvement. Initial data
indicates that NHS providers (NHS trusts and foundation trusts) have collectively
spent approximately £0.8 billion on COVID-19 related spending in April 2020, with
similar levels expected in May 2020, all of which has been fully funded.</p>
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