Shadow Health Secretary warns NHS to 'reform or die'

The shadow Health Secretary has told trust leaders the health service must ‘reform or die’ as he set out his party’s vision for the future of the NHS. In a speech at NHS Providers’ annual conference in Liverpool, the shadow Health Secretary said the message was “not a slogan but a reality” to deal with the waiting list for non-urgent treatment on the NHS in England rise to a record high of 7.8 million.

Mr Streeting said a Labour government will ensure patients have elective (non-urgent) treatment within 18 weeks. He also promised waits in A&E of no more than four hours. Until recently, there was a target that 95 per cent of all patients should be admitted, transferred or discharged within four hours – something that has not been achieved since July 2015

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