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Budget 2024: Health Ministry projected to receive largest budgetary allocation

-$26.33M for Capital works & another 69.59 million for recurrent expenditure
The Ministry of Health and Social Development under Hon. Vincent O. Wheatley is projected to receive the largest budgetary allocation in the 2024 Budget according to the budget speed of 2024 delivered. By premier and Minister of finance, according to the Hon Natalio D. Wheatley. Photo: VINO/File
Hon Vincent O. Wheatley (R9) could not be immediately reached for comments regarding some of the capital works projects his ministry will undertake in 2024. Photo: GIS/File
Hon Vincent O. Wheatley (R9) could not be immediately reached for comments regarding some of the capital works projects his ministry will undertake in 2024. Photo: GIS/File
PARAQUITA BAY, Tortola, VI – The Ministry of Health and Social Development under Honourable Vincent O. Wheatley (R9) is projected to receive the largest budgetary allocation in the 2024 Budget, according to Premier and Minister of Finance, Dr the Honourable Natalio D. Wheatley (R7).

The Premier in his budget speech delivered on November 21, 2023, said some $95.92 million in total will go to the Ministry of Health and Social Development, comprising of $69.59 million in recurrent expenditure and $26.33 million for development.

In 2023, the Ministry received $73.07 million or 18.3% of the total budget allocations. Of this, $71.43 million is for recurrent expenditure and represents just below 20% of the recurrent budget, some $1.64 million will go to development initiatives.

Budget increase for 2024

The 2024 figure is 20.38% of the budget and saw a significant increase in the budget earmarked for development initiatives.

Minister for Health and Social Development Hon Wheatley could not be immediately reached for comments regarding some of the capital projects his ministry will undertake in the new year, 2024.

The Ministry, in addition to funding public health facilities, also built social homes and repaired private homes damaged by the hurricanes of 2017.

The Ministry also has a role in developing proactive policies, legislation, strategies, and programmes for the health and social service sectors and performing essential public health functions, including health promotion, public health surveillance, research, and control of risks to public health.

It also deliverers a wide range of social protection programmes and services, including social safety net programmes targeting the most vulnerable members of the population.

11 Responses to “Budget 2024: Health Ministry projected to receive largest budgetary allocation”

  • Signs (28/11/2023, 13:00) Like (7) Dislike (1) Reply
    That should just about cover the repairs to lighted sign on Peebles
  • Native Senior Citizen of the British Virgin Islands (28/11/2023, 13:07) Like (4) Dislike (0) Reply
    Good move, in reference to the topic issues Hon. Premier,Natalio Sujande Wheatley. I do hope that all pertaining to this issues would happen as you have said without no unforeseen obstacles.
  • Watchtower (28/11/2023, 15:59) Like (7) Dislike (1) Reply
    ALL. THEY HAVE TO DO IS PAY NURSES AND DOCTORS BETTER
    • young blood (28/11/2023, 19:51) Like (0) Dislike (0) Reply
      I agree ???????? because at the end of the day, the hospital ???? done barely have doctors and nurses who can treat the patients that been waiting for over an hour or even more than that. I was down there the other night n they kept me in the there jus to sign in and receive medical attention from them. And I heard that a lady was there waiting for over more than 2hrs and 30mins in the hospital for a doctor to come check her out. It's ridiculous. Even if a person having an asthma attack, it should not have to take for another family member to shout in the hospital to get their attention.
  • asking for a friend (28/11/2023, 23:20) Like (3) Dislike (1) Reply
    Where are the cuban doctors?
  • north sound (29/11/2023, 02:21) Like (3) Dislike (3) Reply
    Remember the lies when they say Vincent could not hold a ministry? Let them eat them heart out now!!! Set of cockroaches
  • Dr Vinny (29/11/2023, 07:54) Like (0) Dislike (0) Reply
    Is going to have a jolly Xmas ,
    all drinks on the tax payers $$$$ Amen , let's get this party started ????????????
    • @ Dr Vinny (29/11/2023, 13:21) Like (0) Dislike (0) Reply
      Did the ndp or vipm did anything for health? and what is their inputs? Anything?
  • Manjack (29/11/2023, 09:55) Like (1) Dislike (0) Reply
    Ok. Health got the biggest slice of the limited budget pie, but will residents enjoy a higher level and quality of care. Do we have the right people leading Health and Social Services function to maximized budget efficiency to deliver the most/best services to the most people. Ron P. Let’s used this lion share of the budget to deliver better services. The Westminister system is a highly flawed process which allows people who won a popularity contest to lead functions they don’t know pullet from fowl about. The governmental/governing structure needs to be revamped, ie, voters/electorate must have a say a directly in who becomes Premier, we need to put educated, trained, and experienced people with managerial experience to lead functions, etc. The VI interestingly has a practice of putting non-managers to lead management positions and that practice comes at a high cost, ie, Public Works, Water and Sewage, Health, etc. low productivity and under-delivery of services to consumers. Here is a new flash. Policy expertise/chops don’t necessarily makes one a good leader/ manager. Policy and technical expertise, and leadership and management are relatively two different animals. Can one be an effective leader without being an effective manager? But the BVI equate them (technical/policy expertise and leadership)as one and the same.
  • anegada (01/12/2023, 01:01) Like (0) Dislike (0) Reply
    We want our clinic out of Cherry Ann's apt asap. Please fix clinic and bring back the 5 days a week doctor days ( Wed, Fri, Sat, Sun, Mon)


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