The 2023 IGR has reinforced the longstanding isolation of Budget investment in health and new therapeutic technologies as 'costs' that must be managed. It has also acknowledged the challenge of forecasting future spending beyond the short term. We discuss how the IGR and its focus on investment in health as a cost will frame the raft of current review processes.
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