Spending Review: NHS funding boosted by £29bn per year

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00:00At the Budget, I took the decisions necessary to provide an immediate injection of funding

00:06to get the NHS back on its feet.

00:09And I commend my right honourable friend, the Health Secretary,

00:12for all the progress that he has already made.

00:16In less than a year, this Government has recruited 1,700 new GPs,

00:22delivered 3.5 million extra appointments,

00:25and cut waiting lists by more than 200,000.

00:30Fixing our NHS also means delivering fundamental reform across social care,

00:35which means that we are backing the first ever Fair Payer Agreement for that sector.

00:41And I am increasing the NHS technology budget by almost 50%,

00:46and we are investing £10 billion to bring our analogue health system into the digital age,

00:51including through the NHS app,

00:54so patients can manage their prescriptions, get their test results,

00:57and book appointments all in one place.

01:01We are shifting care back to the community,

01:04providing more funding to support the training of thousands more GPs

01:07to deliver millions more appointments.

01:10We are investing more in prevention to meet our manifesto commitment

01:14of providing mental health support teams in all schools in England by the end of this Parliament.

01:20These investments will enable the delivery of our upcoming 10-year plan for health

01:27and put the NHS firmly back on the path to renewal.

01:32And to support that plan,

01:34to back the doctors and nurses that we rely on,

01:37and to make sure that the NHS is there whenever we need it,

01:40I am proud to announce today that this Labour Government

01:44is making a record cash investment in our National Health Service,

01:48increasing real-term day-to-day spending by 3% per year

01:53for every single year of this spending review.

01:56An extra £29 billion per year for the day-to-day running of our health service.

02:05Mr Speaker, that is what the British people voted for,

02:09and that is what we will deliver.

02:12More appointments, more doctors, more scanners,

02:16the National Health Service created by a Labour Government,

02:20protected by a Labour Government,

02:22and renewed by this Labour Government.

02:25Cheers!

02:26Cheers!