Hull healthcare handed £30m funding boost

Hull is to receive almost £30m to fund a raft of health services.

The money from the government's Public Health Grant will pay for preventative services intended to relieve pressure on the NHS, including addiction recovery schemes, sexual health clinics and school nurses.

Karl Turner, the Labour MP for Hull East, said the funding boost would "help drive key health services" in the community and "prevent people from falling into ill health".

A spokesperson for Hull City Council said the grant of £28,352,000 would "contribute" to "a fairer and healthier" city, but called on the government to do more to "reduce inequalities" and increase "long-term funding".

According to the Local Democracy Reporting Service, the government said it had added £200m to the nationwide grant, a 3% increase on last year in real terms.

Health Secretary Wes Streeting said prevention was "better than cure".

"If we can reach people earlier and help them stay healthy, this extra investment will pay for itself several times over in reduced demand on the NHS and by keeping people in work," he added.

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