Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 99169

NHS: Finance

Tabled: 11 December 2025

Answered: 18 December 2025

Question

Ian Lavery

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

Answer

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.