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<p>The purpose of the NHS Long Term Funding Bill is simply to enshrine in law the
funding set out in the Long Term Plan, providing an extra £33.9 billion by 2023-24.
That provides the National Health Service with the financial certainty it needs to
get on and deliver the plan. The Bill does not set out the details of the plan itself
or place restrictions on how the NHS should use the funding to support delivery.</p><p>However,
at the heart of the NHS Long Term plan is the largest expansion of mental health services
in a generation. This Government remains committed to putting mental health services
on an equal footing with physical health. We are putting more money in and taking
more action on mental health than any previous Government. We have committed at least
a further £2.3 billion a year to mental health services by 2023/24 which will see
spending for children and young people’s mental health services growing faster than
the overall spend on mental health, which will itself be growing faster than the overall
NHS budget.</p>
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