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theissues the prime minister, so expect all of the issues to come up then as well. and also there is the concern about inflation, about debt, about strikes where many people across the country, union members, are calling for pay increases that the government says are unaffordable. yes, and i don t think we will get anything from the prime minister thatis anything from the prime minister that is a sweeping change of policy oran that is a sweeping change of policy or an about turn on the government approach to negotiations or lack of with trade unions about the strikes. time and again rishi sunak and the health secretary, steve barclay, has said the nhs is getting the funding it needs to meet the union demands would simply be unaffordable. so, the prime minister may well repeat those messages today. he may well go further in talking about the government s approach to the current crises as many have described it. thank you, jonathan. i will cut you off. we havejust seen rishi su ....
Increasing bed capacity by 7000 more hospital beds and more people cared at home. providing new funding to discharge people into social care in the community, freeing up beds, and the community, freeing up beds, and the nhs are working urgently on future plans for a&e and ambulances. and on strikes, there is a lot of misinformation out there, so i want people to clearly understand the government s position. we usually value public sector workers like nurses. they do incredibly important work and that is why we want a reasonable dialogue with the unions about what is responsible and fair for our country. and in the coming days we will update you on the government s next steps. today i want to make a simple commitment. this government will always reflect the people s priorities. people ....
Ability to treat people because you do not have doctors disrupted by doing routine appointments and then having to rush to deal with an emergency, that is the model that works well. we are rolling out 300 surgical hubs around the country and that will allow us to do both, to treat our parents and grandparents who are waiting for one of those surgeries they need but also allow us to treat people in hospital need that urgent care. my priority is to do both and the plans will deliver that and that is why we have put more funding into the nhs, you cannot forget that. in the autumn statement we made some difficult decisions to get the debt under control to make sure we control inflation but despite that, we put extra money into the nhs and social care, £14 billion over the next two years, and there we need to make sure we deliver that money in the way that i have described so people feel the benefit in the care they receive. we have a clear plan and my job is to deliver it and then i want ....
And by next spring i think we will have eliminated those waiting a year and that s because we have a clear plan in place. what i want the country to know is that this is an apsley priority for me. i made five promises to take in making sure that people can get the care as quickly as they need is right there as one of those priorities in the country should hold me to account for delivering it and i m confident we will. ., ., on that point about having fewer people on that point about having fewer people in on that point about having fewer people in hospital, on that point about having fewer people in hospital, paramedics. on that point about having fewer. people in hospital, paramedics say you might people in hospital, paramedics say you might even people in hospital, paramedics say you might even have people in hospital, paramedics say you might even have to people in hospital, paramedics say you might even have to consider. you might even have to consider causing you mig ....
Services. fourth, nhs waiting lists will fall, and people will get the care they need more quickly. fifth, we will pass new laws to stop small boats, making sure that if you come to this country illegally, you are detained and swiftly removed. so, five promises. we will halve inflation, grow the economy, reduce debt, cut waiting lists and stop the boats. those are the people s priorities. they are your government s priorities and we will either have achieved them or not. no tricks, no ambiguity, we are either delivering for you or we are not. we will rebuild trust in politics through action or not at all. so i ask you tojudge ....