Labour party pledges for the NHS
A summary of the Labour Party pledges for three separate funding increases for the NHS.
A summary of the Labour Party pledges for three separate funding increases for the NHS.
The Labour party has today published its plan for the NHS. The party has pledged three separate funding increases for the NHS.
- A real-terms increase of £26 billion to ‘healthcare funding’ from 2018/19 to 2023/24.
- An additional £15 billion increase in capital budgets.
- An increase to the budget of the Department of Health and Social Care, bringing it to £178 billion by 2023/24 (equivalent to an average annual increase of 4.3 per cent).
This NHS Confederation briefing summarises the party's pledges.
