# 40,000 more NHS appointments every week > “As a first step, in England we will deliver an extra two million NHS operations, scans, and appointments every year; that is 40,000 more appointments every week.” > > — Labour Party; 2024 manifesto, page 95, 13 June 2024 - **Status:** Delivering - **Status ladder:** Promised → In plan → Legislated → Funded → Delivering → Delivered - **Policy area:** [Health](https://ledgergov.uk/promises/area/health) - **Speaker:** [Labour Party](https://ledgergov.uk/actor/labour) - **Made on:** 13 June 2024 - **Where:** 2024 manifesto, page 95 - **Cost a year:** Costs £0.91bn to £1.1bn a year (central £1bn) - **Who it affects:** NHS patients in England waiting for planned (elective) operations, scans and appointments - **When:** Every year from the start of the Parliament; no end date stated - **Paid for by:** Cracking down on tax avoidance and non-dom loopholes (manifesto page 10) - **Quote source:** https://labour.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/Labour-Party-manifesto-2024.pdf#page=95 (checked word for word on 6 October 2026; Quoted for reporting; rights stay with the publisher) - **Last updated:** 6 October 2026 - **Card:** https://ledgergov.uk/promise/uk-nhs-40000-appointments-2024 ## Where it stands The government reported almost 2.2 million more elective appointments in England in July to November 2024 than a year earlier, and in July 2025 the UK Statistics Authority said its regulator had verified a figure of 3.6 million extra in the government's first eight months. The pledge is for every year, so the card sits at Delivering rather than Delivered. The manifesto sets no end date. ## Timeline - 13 June 2024, Promised: Labour manifesto pledges two million extra NHS operations, scans and appointments a year in England - 30 October 2024, Funded: Autumn Budget 2024 funds the NHS in England to deliver 40,000 extra elective appointments a week, including an additional £1.8bn for elective activity since July ([evidence](https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/672b9695fbd69e1861921c63/Autumn_Budget_2024_Accessible.pdf)) - 16 February 2025, Delivering: Government reports almost 2.2 million more elective appointments in July to November 2024 than in the same months of 2023 ([evidence](https://www.gov.uk/government/news/over-two-million-extra-nhs-appointments-delivered-early-as-trusts-handed-40-million-to-go-further-and-faster)) - 16 July 2025, Delivering: UK Statistics Authority letter says the Office for Statistics Regulation has verified the government's figure of 3.6 million additional elective appointments in its first eight months ([evidence](https://uksa.statisticsauthority.gov.uk/correspondence/letter-from-sir-robert-chote-to-helen-morgan-mp-nhs-appointment-statistics/)) - 26 November 2025, Delivering: Budget 2025 reports 5.2 million more appointments delivered since the start of the Parliament ([evidence](https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/6929b353345e31ab14ecf735/E03444720_Budget_2025_Web_Accessible.pdf)) ## About the cost Year used: 2028-29, the year Labour's costings use. Labour's own figure is £1,010m (manifesto page 127); central figure only. No independent costing of the pledge itself was found. For comparison, Autumn Budget 2024 included an additional £1.8bn to support elective activity since July 2024, and a £22.6bn rise in the health department's day-to-day budget in 2025-26 compared with 2023-24. Low–high is an editorial ±10% because the source gives a central figure only. Costing sources: - [Labour Party: Change, 2024 manifesto (PDF), costings, page 127](https://labour.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/Labour-Party-manifesto-2024.pdf#page=127) - [HM Treasury: Autumn Budget 2024](https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/672b9695fbd69e1861921c63/Autumn_Budget_2024_Accessible.pdf) ## Corrections - 6 October 2026, the cost note in version 1: The note placed the £1.8bn inside the 2025-26 rise of £22.6bn. Autumn Budget 2024 gives the £1.8bn as 2024-25 money for elective activity since July 2024, so it is not part of the 2025-26 rise. Was: “Year used: 2028-29, the year Labour's costings use. Labour's own figure is £1,010m (manifesto page 127); central figure only. No independent costing of the pledge itself was found. For comparison, Autumn Budget 2024 gave an additional £1.8bn to support elective activity in 2024-25, within a £22.6bn rise in the health department's day-to-day budget for 2025-26 compared with 2023-24. Low–high is an editorial ±10% because the source gives a central figure only.”. Now: “Year used: 2028-29, the year Labour's costings use. Labour's own figure is £1,010m (manifesto page 127); central figure only. No independent costing of the pledge itself was found. For comparison, Autumn Budget 2024 included an additional £1.8bn to support elective activity since July 2024, and a £22.6bn rise in the health department's day-to-day budget in 2025-26 compared with 2023-24. Low–high is an editorial ±10% because the source gives a central figure only.”. ([source](https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/672b9695fbd69e1861921c63/Autumn_Budget_2024_Accessible.pdf)) - 6 October 2026, the text of the “Delivering” entry: The entry left out the period. The verified 3.6 million covers the government's first eight months, as the letter says. Was: “UK Statistics Authority letter says the Office for Statistics Regulation has verified the government's figure of 3.6 million additional elective appointments”. Now: “UK Statistics Authority letter says the Office for Statistics Regulation has verified the government's figure of 3.6 million additional elective appointments in its first eight months”. ([source](https://uksa.statisticsauthority.gov.uk/correspondence/letter-from-sir-robert-chote-to-helen-morgan-mp-nhs-appointment-statistics/)) ## Sources - [Labour Party: Change, 2024 manifesto (PDF), page 95](https://labour.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/Labour-Party-manifesto-2024.pdf#page=95) - [DHSC press release: Over two million extra NHS appointments delivered early (16 Feb 2025)](https://www.gov.uk/government/news/over-two-million-extra-nhs-appointments-delivered-early-as-trusts-handed-40-million-to-go-further-and-faster) - [UK Statistics Authority: letter from Sir Robert Chote to Helen Morgan MP (16 Jul 2025)](https://uksa.statisticsauthority.gov.uk/correspondence/letter-from-sir-robert-chote-to-helen-morgan-mp-nhs-appointment-statistics/) - [UK Statistics Authority: letter from Helen Morgan MP to Sir Robert Chote (23 May 2025)](https://uksa.statisticsauthority.gov.uk/correspondence/helen-morgan-mp-to-sir-robert-chote-nhs-appointment-statistics/) - [HM Treasury: Autumn Budget 2024 (30 Oct 2024)](https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/672b9695fbd69e1861921c63/Autumn_Budget_2024_Accessible.pdf) - [HM Treasury: Budget 2025 (26 Nov 2025)](https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/6929b353345e31ab14ecf735/E03444720_Budget_2025_Web_Accessible.pdf) ## Checks - Checked by AI Journalist (automated) on 6 October 2026; human editor review to come. --- Public Ledger's own writing (headlines, status notes, cost notes, summaries) is licensed under [Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 (CC BY 4.0)](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/): reuse it, crediting Public Ledger with a link to the card. 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