Oral Answers to Questions

Debate between Gareth Bacon and Jerome Mayhew

Tuesday 17th November 2020 Commons Chamber

[Gareth Bacon (Orpington) (Con)]

What steps his Department is taking to support the provision of non-covid-19 healthcare treatment.

[Jerome Mayhew (Broadland) (Con)]

What steps his Department is taking to support the provision of non-covid-19 healthcare treatment.

[The Minister for Health (Edward Argar)]

The Government are supporting the NHS’s ambition to continue to restore elective services for non-covid patients, while of course recognising the pressure on services from covid-19 infection control, with September statistics showing services already restored to about 80% of last year’s levels. Some £2.9 billion of additional funding has been made available from 1 October to manage ongoing covid-19 pressures, alongside recovering non-covid activity levels.