Question to the HM Treasury:

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent assessment he has made of the implications for public expenditure control of the conclusions of the NHS Five Year Forward View published in October 2014.

The funding announced in the Autumn Statement is a down-payment on the NHS's own long-term plan, fully delivering the investment required to make the Five Year Forward View a reality in 2015-16.

It also provides funding to start delivering the changes necessary to ensure a sustainable NHS in future years.

This has only been possible through good financial management of the Government’s budget, and through the success of the Government’s long term economic plan.