Spending Review 2025: What it means for people with Parkinson’s

The Spending Review, announced by the Chancellor on 11 June 2025, sets out the government's departmental budgets for 2026 to 2029. It gives a clear picture of the government’s priorities.

There were 2 stand-out areas that will impact members of the Parkinson’s community in England.

NHS investment

• £29bn increase in NHS funding in England, taking spending to £226bn by 2029.
• Additional funding to train more GPs.
• Ip to £10bn to expand the use of technology in the NHS.

We welcome the additional funding for the NHS. But it must be used where it’s urgently needed.

Right now, people with Parkinson’s face delays in diagnosis and treatment due to a shortage of neurologists, Parkinson’s nurses, geriatricians and other specialist healthcare professionals.

This can have serious consequences on their health. And for those who are able, it can force people into paying for private treatment when they shouldn’t have to.

For too long, Parkinson's and neurological conditions have been missing from major condition strategies in the NHS. 

The investment announced in the Spending Review must finally build a workforce that can give proper care to people living with Parkinson’s and bring down the waiting lists.

Employment support investment

The £3.5bn announced for dedicated employment support and the improvements to the NHS in England are crucial to remove the barriers to work for people with Parkinson's.

But the government must stop its cuts to Personal Independence Payment (PIP).

PIP helps working age people with the unavoidable extra daily costs disabled people face and has nothing to do with employment status.

Cutting it won’t help people with Parkinson’s into work. It is likely to:

• take away their independence
• push many into avoidable poverty
• worsen people’s health
• place more pressure on the NHS and social care services.

With the draft new law expected to be presented to Parliament soon, we hope the government will listen, as they did on Winter Fuel Payments, and shelve their plans.