Fact check: It was considerably more than £350m a week, much of it under Mrs May. it was posted under a video of kemi badenoch claiming the tories gave the nhs an extra 350 million a week

1. Summary of the results

The claim that the NHS received "considerably more than £350m a week" under Theresa May's government is not supported by the available evidence. Multiple authoritative sources directly contradict this assertion:

• The original £350m figure itself was misleading, with the actual net EU contribution being around £234 million per week ^[1]
• The UK Statistics Authority explicitly criticized this as a "misuse of official statistics" ^[2]
• Conservative MP Sarah Wollaston described the Brexit dividend as "tosh" while the Institute for Fiscal Studies director Paul Johnson stated "there is no Brexit dividend" ^[3]

2. Missing context/alternative viewpoints

Several crucial pieces of context are missing from the original statement:

• The NHS actually experienced significant performance deterioration under Conservative governance, with health spending growing only around 2% annually between 2010-2019, well below historical averages ^[4]
• Theresa May herself acknowledged that any additional NHS funding would require new tax contributions, not just Brexit savings ^[3]
• The Office for Budget Responsibility predicted Brexit would actually leave UK public finances £15 billion worse off annually ^[1]
• More recent assessments show only a 3% increase in NHS spending, suggesting ongoing funding challenges ^[5]

3. Potential misinformation/bias in the original statement

The statement appears to perpetuate several misleading narratives:

• While Boris Johnson later claimed £350m was an "underestimate," suggesting £438m by the post-Brexit transition period ^[6], this contradicts official financial assessments
• The original figure didn't account for the UK's rebate of £75m per week ^[6]
• Even Brexit supporters like Nigel Farage admitted the original NHS funding claim was "one of the mistakes" made during the referendum ^[7]
• While Michael Gove claimed the £350m promise was "delivered," he provided no evidence to support this assertion ^[7]

The statement appears to benefit Conservative politicians seeking to justify Brexit-related promises and defend their NHS management record, despite evidence suggesting both the original promise and its claimed fulfillment were misleading.