00:00In that budget, I've tried to fix the foundations and wipe the slate clean after a lot of the
00:06economic instability and chaos we've seen the last few years. I tried to do that in
00:11a way that as much as possible protected the living standards of ordinary working people.
00:18But I did have to make difficult decisions on tax yesterday, but they were necessary
00:22to bring the stability back to our economy and to ensure that we had the money for the
00:26National Health Service. And I was able to announce £22.6 billion of additional money
00:31for day-to-day spending in the health service to bring the waiting lists down. We made a
00:36commitment in our manifesto for 40,000 extra appointments every single week in the NHS
00:42and I'm confident that the money that we set aside yesterday will enable us to deliver
00:46that, working together to deliver that. And in addition to that, £3.1 billion for capital
00:52investment in the NHS, hospital beds, hospital improvement, the diagnostic equipment and
00:58scanners that you need to be able to do your job. So I hope that that will make a difference
01:03to you as staff in the National Health Service and a huge thanks from Keir and me and all
01:07of us for what you do. Look, we are a government that's only four months in at the moment,
01:13but I hope you can begin to see the change that we're bringing about. Most of all and
01:18really important, we're going to be a mission-driven government and that means a driving sense
01:23of purpose. But one of the other missions, and there's only five, is the NHS and the
01:29mission there is to pick the NHS up, to get those 40,000 appointments and treatments done
01:37every week to get the waiting lists down, but to do more than that, actually to make
01:42sure the NHS is fit for the future. Obviously it was really important yesterday for us to
01:46put more money into the NHS to make sure day-to-day we can relieve some of the pressure, allow
01:52you to get on with the job that you need to get on with. You don't need us to tell you
01:55how important that is. Also put in more money on capital for the longer term that changes
02:01the technology that you're going to need. All of that has to be done with reform and
02:07change at the same time. We inherited a pretty bad situation with the budget, there's not
02:11much money left in the economy. Some of the money that should have been accounted for
02:16wasn't accounted for, so we've had to make difficult decisions. £22 billion worth of
02:21money which wasn't on the books back in March when the last government did the sums. We've
02:26had to deal with all of that. That's obviously a challenge, but let's use it as an opportunity
02:30to say, well in which case, let's be mission driven, let's make sure that we get the NHS
02:35where it needs to be. I look forward to working with you on that journey. So thank you very much.
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