“It costs £3.4 billion to modernise NHS IT systems — including using AI to cut form-filling and speed up diagnosis — but it helps unlock £35 billion of savings, 10 times that amount, over the next Parliament.”
Chancellor of the Exchequer
The £35 billion is framed as cumulative NHS productivity savings from 2025/26 to 2029/30, so it cannot be judged before the end of the 2029/30 financial year; the plan's delivery has since been reshaped by the change of government.