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Debate between Liam Conlon and Simon Opher(2 weeks ago)
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Liam Conlon (Beckenham and Penge) (Lab)
Dr Simon Opher (Stroud) (Lab)
The Chief Secretary to the Treasury (James Murray)
The spending review 2025 provided record investment in the NHS, including the largest ever health capital budget. That investment has enabled a reduction in waiting lists of 230,000, with an extra 5.2 million NHS appointments. At autumn Budget 2025, the Chancellor protected NHS investment by allowing it to retain and reinvest efficiency savings in 2028-29, as well as making available up-front funding to abolish NHS England: a move that will unlock £1 billion in savings by the end of the Parliament, which can instead be used to support frontline care.