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NHS: Finance

Asked by Ian LaveryLabourDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled Answered 18 December 2025UIN 99169

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To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of the impact of (a) changes in patient need, (b) drug prices, (c) inflation and (d) changes in the level of private finance debt on the budget for the NHS in each of the

Answered by Karin Smyth

I refer the Hon. Member to the answer I gave to the Hon. Member for Hayes and Harlington on 1 December 2025 to Question 93637.

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