Yesterday (11 June 2025), Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves presented her Spending Review to Parliament.
The Spending Review 2025 sets departmental budgets for day‑to‑day spending until 2028‑29 and until 2029‑30 for capital investment, which is referred to as the Spending Review period.
Below, AT Today has highlighted some of the key announcements from the Spending Review for assistive technology professionals.
Investments in the NHS and the Department of Health and Social Care’s (DHSC) annual capital budgets were unveiled.
The government is providing a £29 billion real terms increase (£53 billion cash increase) in annual NHS day‑to‑day spending from 2023‑24 to 2028‑29. This will take spending to £226 billion by 2028‑29, equivalent to a three percent average annual real terms growth rate over the Spending Review period.
The Spending Review also provided a £2.3 billion real terms increase (£4 billion cash increase) in the DHSC’s annual capital budgets from 2023‑24 to 2029‑30 to invest in the NHS, including in new technology, hospitals, and primary care. This represents over a 20 percent real terms increase by the end of the Spending Review period.
In addition, the Chancellor announced a 50 percent increase in NHS technology and digital transformation from 2025-26, investing up to £10 billion by 2028-29.
£30 billion will be invested over the next five years in the day-to-day maintenance and repair of the NHS estate.
It was not just the NHS that was mentioned in this year’s Spending Review; Rachel also revealed an increase of over £4 billion of funding available for adult social care in 2028-29, compared to 2025-26. This includes an increase to the NHS’ minimum contribution to adult social care via the Better Care Fund, in line with DHSC’s Spending Review settlement.
Rachel also backed a fair pay agreement for social care, in line with upcoming reforms to the adult social care sector. Although, the details of this have not yet been shared.
£560 million was also set aside to reform the children’s social care system and support the refurbishment and expansion of the children’s homes estate.
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