article_snippet: The Health Secretary said the Government would fully fund the plan drawn up by NHS England boss Simon Stevens, which would see £2billion being pumped into the health service every year until 2019-20.
article_snippet: The so-called 'Stevens plan' will see a total of £30 billion put into the NHS, with £22 billion found through efficiency savings and £8 billion in extra spending.
article_snippet: Until now only the Liberal Democrats had pledged to find the money but Jeremy Hunt has signed the Tories up to The so-called 'Stevens plan'.
article_snippet: Asked by the Sunday Times if the Tories would find the full £30billion, Jeremy Hunt said: 'Yes.
article_snippet: At the last election We were the only party that promised to protect the NHS budget.
article_snippet: We didn't just protect the NHS budget, We increased the NHS budget. '
article_snippet: We said to Stevens, 'How much do you need for The so-called 'Stevens plan', the first year of your five-year plan?'
article_snippet: Stevens said '£1.7billion', and We actually found Stevens £2billion. '