Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if an assessment can be made on the current funding settlement for the NHS and if it meets current levels of demand.

My Rt. hon. Friend the Prime Minister has announced a five-year funding agreement which will see the National Health Service budget grow by £20 billion by 2023/24. This will deliver an average annual growth of 3.4% over the next five years. The Government will work with the NHS to develop a ten-year plan setting out how the money will be used for the future of the health service.

The ten-year plan will get the NHS back on the path to delivering agreed core performance standards, and drive the reforms that will deliver a better and more sustainable NHS.