Andy Burnham MP, Labour’s Shadow Health Secretary, responding to the King’s Fund call on NHS funding, said:

“NHS patients are already seeing waiting times and cancer care heading downhill on this Government’s watch - people will fear that much worse will be in store next year.

“Only Labour will rescue the NHS with a £2.5 billion a year Time to Care fund for new staff, including 20,000 more nurses – investment the Tories and the Lib Dems will not match.

“In next week’s Autumn Statement, George Osborne should also commit to using £1 billion from banking fines to help ease the pressure on the NHS.

"David Cameron chose to put NHS finances on this knife-edge when he wasted £3 billion on a damaging re-organisation. You can’t trust the Tories with the NHS.”