00:00Well, I think £40 million in the face of a very profound crisis within the AHS is probably not going
00:06to scratch the surface.
00:08There are major challenges about the way in which hospitals are run, the pressures on them.
00:13And I don't think that this is this is probably a scheme to get a headline in advance of what's
00:19going to be a very difficult winter.
00:20Now, I'm very pleased that locally we've managed to secure some funding to remodel our local A&E.
00:25But there is always other things that need to be going on here, for instance, changing how primary care operates.
00:31And, you know, I think labour has now got itself pulled into a very costly and complex reorganisation or abolition
00:38of NHS England,
00:39which is taking a lot of the focus of the department away from the front line.
