Gareth Iacobucci The BMJSome of Labour’s policy ideas for the NHS have been deliberately provocative to stimulate debate and guide action, reports Gareth Iacobucci, but a focus on community seems to offer hope for GPsPrimary care in England needs wholesale reform, alongside extra investment to revitalise struggling services, Labour’s shadow health secretary, Wes Streeting, has said. In a speech to the King’s Fund think tank on 21 April, Streeting said it was Labour’s job not only to hold the current government to account for its record on the NHS but to persuade the public that a declining health service “is not inevitable.”Describing what action a Labour government would take if it won the next election in 2024, Streeting said, “Things can get better. It will fall to Labour to reform and rebuild our health service to make it fit for the future. It will be investment and reform that turn it around.”

Source: The Times April 24, 2023 12:50 UTC