What did Labour pledge on the NHS?

Wes Streeting became health secretary when Labour won the election in July last year

Before 2024’s General Election, Labour said that "as a first step", they would deliver an extra 40,000 operations, scans and appointments a week in England - two million a year. The plan represented an increase of less than 2%.

Labour’s manifesto also said they would "use spare capacity in the independent sector to ensure patients are diagnosed and treated more quickly".

Among other pledges, they promised to "double the number of CT and MRI scanners" and, in dentistry in England, "provide 700,000 extra appointments each year".

In December, Labour reaffirmed its plan to have 92% of patients begin hospital treatment or be given the all clear within 18 weeks, by the end of this parliament (2029).

This has been an official NHS target for some time but has not been met since 2015. Currently, around 60% of patients meet the 18-week target.

As a reminder, new NHS data is coming out after 09:30 GMT - we’ll go through it all on this page.