Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 85143

Health Services

Tabled: 27 October 2025

Answered: 19 November 2025

Question

Stuart Andrew

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the (a) anticipated and (b) actual level of demand for health services was in 2025–26; and whether the actual level of demand has increased in line with the trends since the end of the pandemi

Answer

Karin Smyth

Demand and costs for health services in 2025/26 was assessed and agreed with HM Treasury through the 2021 Spending Review negotiations, which are not published, as per standard practice. The national analysis takes into account the effect of population ag...

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