NHS Future Forum

Part of Oral Answers to Questions — Foreign and Commonwealth Office – in the House of Commons at 3:53 pm on 14 June 2011.

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Photo of Andrew Lansley Andrew Lansley The Secretary of State for Health 3:53, 14 June 2011

Yes, my hon. Friend makes an important point. If we had listened to the Labour party last year, we would have cut the NHS and would not have increased the resources going into it. The £20 billion efficiency savings required to respond to demand and cost would have been £30 billion, which would have put an unsupportable degree of pressure on the NHS. As it is, we are giving the NHS not only resources but the opportunity to deliver improving care.