Wes Streeting, a key Labour Party figure, has ignited debate with his recent advocacy for using private sector resources to tackle NHS waiting lists. Streeting has reiterated his support for tapping into the private sector's capacity to alleviate the backlog in the National Health Service (NHS), highlighting the public sector's lack of spare capacity. Critics, such as HackneyAbbott, view this strategy as a pretext for insufficient NHS funding and potential further privatisation. Despite criticism, including from "middle-class lefties," Streeting defends his plan, clarifying that it aims to utilize all available resources to enhance NHS services. He firmly stated, "Over my dead body would we privatise the NHS," but also noted that if employing 100% private sector capacity could eliminate the NHS backlog, he would do so.
Wes Streeting defends Labour plan to use private sector to cut NHS backlog https://t.co/TTsZjxUYwE
‘Over my dead body would we privatise the NHS.’ Wes Streeting MP says he would never privatise the NHS, but says if he could clear the NHS backlog using 100% private sector capacity, he would. https://t.co/lnBfY8jHay
Wes Streeting expanding the role of the private sector in the NHS is not a brave challenge to “middle class lefties” It will be an excuse for not properly funding the NHS itself. https://t.co/3szTeulvHC
Labour will take on “middle-class lefties” who are opposed to Labour’s plans to use the private sector to reduce NHS waiting lists, Wes Streeting has said ⬇️ https://t.co/LVq4QmIbbN
Wes Streeting makes renewed push for more NHS privatisation in the Sun. Talks about “spare capacity” in the private sector There is none. Only NHS trained doctors and nurses and (under Wes) billions from NHS contracts https://t.co/fpV7Qhooc5