South Reading NHS CCG will be getting above inflation funding increases for the next two years with 3.3% (3.6 million) for 2014-15 and 2.82% the next year. This is above the national average as our funding per head is one of the lowest in the country. However, it is below the average for the Thames Valley as the Government has shifted the balance from deprivation to elderly care and other Thames Valley CCGs have an older population. You can read what CCG chair Dr. Elizabeth Johnston has to say about the increases. Some of these funds are being transferred to Social Care under joint funding arrangements so not all of this increase is for the health budget as most people understand it.