Following Lord Darzi’s report that found the NHS is in “critical condition”, despite record funding, Starmer is laying out how Labour will “reform” the service. Heard that one before…

Watch live as Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer delivers a speech highlighting the government’s plans to rebuild the NHS following Lord Darzi’s independent investigation into the state and performance of the health service https://t.co/cr4x0AGzSi

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Starmer blamed the Tories for the failure of the NHS, stating they “broke” the service. Shock…

The Prime Minister then started on his “10-year plan” to reform the NHS, a matter of “life and death”. He went on to say reform does not mean it will no longer be free, or mean pumping more money into the service, stating “no more money until reform”. Or mean fixing things from Whitehall…

Instead, it includes “three big shifts”:

• Moving from an analogue to a digital NHS. That means building on the NHS app and fully digitalise patient records.
• Shift more care from hospitals to communities. Changing from a “national health service to a neighbourhood health service”.
• Be bolder in moving from sickness to prevention. Meaning more checks to catch and prevent illnesses earlier.

Notably this is not a one-term plan…