HC Deb 23 March 1993 vol 221 c574W
25. Mrs. Helen Jackson

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what additional resources will be made available to health authorities to allow them to ensure that no patients are kept waiting for treatment until the new financial year if they are in priority need.

Mr. Sackville

The Government have invested an additional £2.5 billion in the national health service this year and patients who require urgent treatment will be given proper priority. The Government also plan to invest a further £1 billion for 1993–94 which could enable a further 190,000 more in and day patients to be treated.