The structural demands and rising costs of the NHS will require significantly higher funding levels than a policy of growth-only financing can provide.

“Health inflation runs at 2 3% above General inflation put a lot more money into the NHS but the demands on the system keep growing”

Funding for the NHS should be improved through economic growth and by targeting specific inefficiencies rather than relying solely on increased borrowing.

“it wasn't actually funded by by borrowing it was funded by growing the economy and that is the difference between the the labor years when the economy was growing and the difference these last 14 years”