Healthcare: Spending
Debate between Lord Davies of Oldham and Lord O'Shaughnessy
Tuesday 4th April 2017
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Lord O'Shaughnessy
The noble Lord is quite right: we need to move from an NHS that deals with illness to one that promotes healthcare, and preventive healthcare is a huge part of that. We are providing over £16 billion of public health funding for local authorities to do that over the period of the spending review. Of course, I shall be delighted to meet any Peers and MPs who want to talk about that further.
Lord Davies of Oldham (Lab)
What is the Minister’s response to the fact that we have seen the largest sustained reduction in spending as a percentage of GDP in the history of the NHS? Does not that explain why the NHS system is in crisis?