Figures released this week show that public dissatisfaction in the NHS has experienced its largest fall in three decades, dropping by 8% in 2025. It’s the biggest drop in dissatisfaction rates since 1998 under the last Labour Government and shows our continuing commitment to our NHS.
There was also a 5.6% rise in satisfaction with the Health Service, which reflects Labour’s investment after 14 years of Tory neglect and decline. This has included an extra £26 billion investment in the NHS this year, a cut in waiting lists of 374,00 since 2024, recruitment of an extra 2,000 GPs and ambulance waiting times being cut this winter to their lowest level in five years.
We will also be starting our NHS Intensive Recovery Programme in April for trusts that are at the bottom of new NHS league tables, bringing them nearer the levels of higher-performing trusts and improving treatment and outcomes for patients across the country. Labour values the NHS where others would privatise, dismantle or replace it with the insurance-based model favoured by Reform.