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<p>For 2017/18, the most recent year available, the spend on mental health overall,
and as a proportion of the overall National Health Service budget, is shown in the
following table. This gives information on the mental health expenditure recorded
by clinical commissioning groups (CCGs) and specialised commissioned services.</p><p>
</p><p>NHS England mental health spend, as a proportion of overall health spend 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>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></tbody></table><p>Source:
NHS England</p><p> </p><p>The 2018 Budget confirmed that spend on mental health services
will grow as a share of the overall NHS budget over the next five years. The Department
does not hold the requested estimated breakdown of future funding into mental health
services specifically. How future NHS budgets will be spent will depend on the commissioning
decisions of individual commissioner organisations.</p>
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