In 2010, under Labour, spending on our NHS was £131.8 billion. Now, with the Conservatives, spending on our NHS will be £182.2 billion next year.
That extra money is paying for more staff - with 4,000 more doctors and 9,300 more nurses than last year. The result? More people than ever before are being treated by our NHS.
With the Conservatives:
- Increasing NHS funding for the next three years: on top of previously announced increases, we are providing extra funding of £6.6 billion for the NHS and £7.5 billion for adult social care for the next three years – taking total health spending to £192 billion per year
- £3.7 billion hospital building programme: we are building 40 hospitals by 2030, and opening up to 160 new Community Diagnostic Centres by 2025
- Cutting Covid-19 backlogs: launching the biggest catch-up programme in the NHS’s history, with around 9 million more checks, scans and procedures by 2026
- Recruiting more doctors and nurses: the latest data shows we have a record 1.2 million full-time equivalent staff in the NHS in England – over 34,000 more people compared to a year ago, including almost 4,000 more doctors and over 9,300 more nurses
- Reforming health and social care: reducing bureaucracy, helping to plan health and care services around patients’ needs, and making NHS England more accountable to taxpayers