Starmer Rules Out More Money ‘Without Reform’ for Ailing NHS
- Prime minister gives speech on health service reform in London
- Says fixing National Health Service to take decade or more
Keir Starmer poses with staff as he visits Bassetlaw Hospital Nottinghamshire in Worksop, England, on June 15.
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Keir Starmer said more money will not fix England’s ailing National Health Service without fundamental reforms including wider use of technology, as he warned that his election promise to rebuild an organization ingrained in the country’s psyche could take a decade or more.
“If we get this right people can look back and say this was the generation that took the NHS from the worst crisis in its history, got it back on its feet and made it fit for the future,” Starmer said in a speech about his plans for the NHS in central London on Thursday. “It’s reform or die.”