Written question WQ82719
- Asked by
- Darren MillarConservative
- To be answered by
- Minister for Health and Social Services
- Tabled
- Due
- Answered
- Time to answer
- 8 days
Question
Will the Minister make a statement on the total Veterans NHS Wales budget for the current financial year and confirm what proportion of this is recurring?
Answer
Answered by Deputy Minister for Mental Health and Wellbeing
The recurrent budget for Veterans NHS Wales is £920,000 per annum. This figure includes an additional £235,000 annually from 2021/22 onwards which is an increase of 35% on the previous year’s funding.
In addition to creating highly specialist Veterans Clinical Lead posts within the service, the additional annual funding from 2021/22 maintained the provision of psychological therapy across Wales previously supported by Help for Heroes grant funding.