Wanless Report (Hansard, 10 May 2004)

HC Deb 10 May 2004 vol 421 c193W 193W

§ Mr. Maples
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what funds will be made available to implement the Wanless Report recommendations. [169271]

§ Mr. Hutton
In his 2002 budget, my right hon. Friend, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, accepted the conclusions of the report and announced an historic five-year settlement for the national health service, which represented a real terms increase in spending of 7.3 per cent. a year from 2003–04 to 2007–08. This will take total NHS expenditure to over £90 billion by 2007–08.