Pay also makes up a significant element of the health budget and there may be pressures in this area in the light of cost of living pressures. The IFS and Health Foundation have previously said that spending on healthcare would need to increase by an average of 3.3% per year in real terms over the next 15 years in order to maintain NHS provision at current levels, and that social care funding would need to increase by 3.9% per year to meet the needs of a population living longer and an increasing number of younger adults living with disabilities.