The Labour leader said the Government was presiding over a 'broken' system, as 'the most extreme' strikes in history loom
A Labour government would bring back Tony Blair-style NHS targets to cut waiting times for patients, Sir Keir Starmer has said, as he accused the Tories of presiding over a “broken” system.
In the i, Sir Keir indicated he would follow a target-driven system like the model pursued by former prime minister Sir Tony Blair. “The last Labour government did obviously put targets around it so there is a model there that we know can work,” he said.“They drove the waiting lists down dramatically over two or three years. It will fall to us to do the same thing.
It comes as the Royal College of Nursing plans to stage the most extreme strikes in its history, which would see staff walk out with no derogations. Mr Sunak admitted on Monday that meeting his promise to cut NHS waiting times will be “more challenging” as a result of further industrial action.
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