In the Guardian today, the above headline and:

Sharing access to patients’ health data across NHS providers in England could result in 20,000 fewer A&E visits a year and save £20m annually, the government has claimed, before the second reading of the NHS modernisation bill on Monday.

https://www.theguardian.com/society/2026/jun/01/single-patient-records-sharing-health-data-nhs-england

There were 16.8 million Type 1 (major consultant-led) A&E attendances in England for financial year 2024/25 (April 2024–March 2025) and the total NHS England budget is £208 000 000 000!

https://www.kingsfund.org.uk/insight-and-analysis/data-and-charts/accident-emergency-waiting-times https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/69c3f313471d520038d0f5e3/2025-to-2026-revised-financial-directions-to-NHS-England.pdf

So that 20 000 visits is a cut of only 0.12% and the budget cut of £20m is only 0.009%!

Labour do this a lot. Either they can’t count or they think you can’t count?

Only couples earning £76 000 or more would be better off under Labour according to Anas Sarwar