§ 27. Mr. HunterTo ask the Secretary of State for Health if the increase in funding for the NHS announced in the Budget will be used to write off the debts of those health authorities and NHS trusts that are in debt. [52798]
§ Mr. HuttonNo.
Resources will continue to be allocated on the basis of the relative needs of Primary Care Trust populations.
It will be used to build capacity to allow more patients to be treated and more people cared for more quickly and to higher standards.