Outgoing NHS England chairman Richard Meddings has condemned the health service as unsafe, citing crumbling infrastructure, bureaucratic inefficiencies, and financial constraints. Meanwhile, Health Secretary Wes Streeting has vowed to wage war on 'NHS wokery' and 'nonsense', criticizing practices like erasing the word 'woman' from documents and staff tweeting about 'anti-whiteness'.
Health Secretary Wes Streeting has vowed he will declare war on NHS 'wokery' and 'nonsense' – while its chairman has branded parts of the service 'unsafe'.
Meanwhile, departing chairman of NHS England has warned he calls the health service unsafe, sclerotic and warned of sewage in handbasins. Health Secretary Wes Streeting has said the NHS 'can't afford to be distracted by ideologues' in a war on wokery This capital shortfall has exacerbated challenges in delivering effective patient care, with Meddings pointing out a severe shortage of beds. He highlighted that England's population has grown by 15 per cent since 2000, while the number of hospital beds has shrunk by a third.
He pointed to the pledge by Boris Johnson to build 40 hospitals, which required ministerial sign-off for expenditures over £500,000.
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