Wes Streeting has defended the surgeon behind a landmark review into the 'broken' NHS, telling LBC he vows to bring waiting lists 'down by millions' in the next five years.
Wes Streeting has defended the surgeon behind a landmark review into the "broken' NHS, telling LBC he vows to bring waiting lists "down by millions" in the next five years. Speaking exclusively on Sunday with Lewis Goodhall, the Health Secretary said that if Labour doesn't act now, the country will see "the NHS effectively going bust".
"This is the diagnosis that properly allows us to see the state of the NHS," Starmer said.It comes as its set to be revealed the UK was hit far harder by Covid-19 than other developed countries. The reasons revealed in the report shows the NHS had been “seriously weakened” by disastrous government policies over the preceding decade, according to a wide-ranging report penned by leading doctors.
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