Health Secretary: Matt Hancock and Nhs Numbers

health secretary: Another 21 trusts would receive much smaller sums, but only to assist preparatory work for plans to take place almost a decade from now, according to The Guardian. From 40 hospitals to six how the Tories' NHS numbers don't add up Read more Speaking at a fringe event at the Conservative conference in Manchester, the health secretary, Matt Hancock, stuck to the official line, saying the government was committed to 40 new hospital projects . Hancock said the plans would survive future spending decision rounds We'll have that debate in the spending review. Labour was particularly scathing about a package of transport measures headlined with 25bn in already-declared funds for road improvements, calling it a combination of re-announcements and damp squibs . The main pre-conference spending pledge, presented as 13bn to build 40 new hospitals, fell apart after it emerged that the actual money committed so far, 3bn, would go to just six NHS trusts, which had plans already in place for hospitals in need of rebuilding. But the thing is I've got absolute rock-solid support from the prime minister for what I've needed to do. Hancock also claimed that Labour would not support the extra spending, something rejected by Jonathan Ashworth, the shadow health secretary, who said he was simply querying the opaqueness of the plans. He also said the 3bn extra would be in addition to an already announced 1.8bn tranche of funding for NHS building repairs. (news.financializer.com). As reported in the news.