Oral Answers to Questions

Debate between Mark Ferguson and Lillian Jones

Tuesday 17th June 2025 Commons Chamber

[Mark Ferguson (Gateshead Central and Whickham) (Lab)]

7. What steps his Department is taking to tackle wasteful spending in the NHS.

[Lillian Jones (Kilmarnock and Loudoun) (Lab)]

16. What steps his Department is taking to tackle wasteful spending in the NHS.

[The Secretary of State for Health and Social Care (Wes Streeting)]

This Government are delivering record investment in our NHS, but that investment is drawn from taxpayers, and we have a responsibility to every taxpayer in the land—as well as to patients—to ensure that every single penny is well spent. That is why that investment is matched with bold reform, so that we get as much value as possible for every penny. The abolition of NHS England will slash duplication and unnecessary bureaucracy, and I am pleased to report to the House that we have slashed spending on agency staff by almost £1 billion compared with last year. All those savings are being reinvested into frontline care.