Question follow-through · 75272
NHS: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of conducting efficiency savings to fund more (a) clinical staff and (b) equipment in the NHS.
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- Answering body
- Department of Health and Social Care
- Tabled
- 4 Sept 2025
- Target answer date
- 8 Sept 2025
- Answer
- 11 Sept 2025 · 7 calendar days after tabling
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Votes on this topic
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Recorded timeline
4 Sept 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of conducting efficiency savings to fund more (a) clinical staff and (b) equipment in the NHS.
8 Sept 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
11 Sept 2025
Answer published
NHS England’s 2025/26 priorities and operational planning guidance made it clear that the National Health Service must live within the budget it is allocated, reduce waste and increase productivity to deliver growth against demand. The Autumn Statement 20...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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