Labour Party 2024 manifesto's pledge
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.
Made in Labour's 2024 general election manifesto, before the election that formed the 2024 to 2026 Starmer Labour government.
What the official figures show
Extra elective care appointments compared with the same period a year earlier, as reported by the Prime Minister's Office, July to November 2024 (latest)
2.2million
These figures are repeated from their sources and update automatically. We don't say whether the pledge has been kept.