Labour's Shadow Health Secretary, Wes Streeting, has sparked a debate with his recent statements on NHS reform, asserting there will be "no more cash without reform". In various articles and interviews, Streeting emphasized the NHS as a "service, not a shrine" and the need for 'major surgery' within the NHS, advocating for the introduction of private sector resources to reduce waiting lists and improve service delivery. He criticized the current state of the NHS as being a 20th-century service unfit for modern demands and highlighted Labour's plans as 'fully costed' and aimed at modernizing the NHS. Despite facing criticism for pushing more NHS privatization and concerns over funding priorities, Streeting remains committed to using "spare capacity" in the private sector to ensure quicker patient treatment and to address the "worst crisis in its history". His approach aims to prevent a "two-tier healthcare system" and ensure equitable treatment for all patients.
‘Middle-class lefties’ won’t stop Labour using private sector to cut NHS backlog, Streeting says https://t.co/aCnbqD0UhD
‘Middle-class lefties’ won’t stop Labour using private sector to cut NHS backlog, Streeting says https://t.co/iuauYe8hXn
With his ‘ruthlessly pragmatic’ vision to rescue the health service, Wes Streeting has pulled off a feat that the Conservatives never could – make the idea of bringing in the private sector to help sound like a good idea, says James Moore Read more 👉 https://t.co/PTVzLr0V6K https://t.co/JjliTVb1iM
LABOUR have made it “abundantly clear” that voting for them at the next General Election is voting to privatise the NHS, the SNP have said. It comes after Wes Streeting, Labour’s shadow health secretary, used an article in the Sun to position himself against “middle-class…
Left-wing principles should not trump access to care, says Wes Streeting https://t.co/d0iYLzlIrW
🚨 NEW: Wes Streeting has vowed to not let “middle class lefties” stop him from reforming the NHS [@thetimes]
The Conservatives have created a two-tier healthcare system. I’m not prepared to see working class patients priced out and left out. Labour will use spare capacity in the private sector to get patients treated sooner, while we build the capacity the NHS needs. https://t.co/4VwnxC2cGz
Wes Streeting is spouting utter rubbish about our NHS. Why is nobody in Labour breaking ranks and calling him out? This is really important. We need our NHS restored to its 2010 level when it had its highest-ever public satisfaction rating. We don’t want it finished off.
🔴 Streeting hits out at ‘middle-class Lefties’ opposed to Labour NHS plans https://t.co/5epZ7AgFhD
Wes Streeting: NHS won’t get any extra cash from Labour without major surgery Vague on details in his piece in the Sun but interested in thoughts from those working on the front line on this? https://t.co/4alHbAHvfR
🔴 Reform UK would scrap the net zero emissions drive and use the money to improve the NHS, Richard Tice said this morning. He said Reform would aim to deliver zero waiting lists across the health service in two years. Read more ⬇️ https://t.co/fuZ9PsqwZt https://t.co/KBIdngcbfx
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 has no money to pay NHS doctors and nurses a decent salary. But billions to dish out in private sector contracts. https://t.co/fpV7Qhooc5
The piece that has indeed - as foretold by its author - upset “middle-class lefties” on here this morning. https://t.co/afBwz2D9af @wesstreeting on #NeverMindtheBallots this weeks - ask him anything; [email protected] https://t.co/rfvovFrrOC
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
.@wesstreeting: You won’t find a single dentist working in the NHS who isn’t clamouring for ‘major surgery’ to the broken system we work to. Not a nip or a tuck. But wholesale extraction of a failed contract that puts Govt targets ahead of patient care. https://t.co/71NH8jagb7 https://t.co/KOloz6OGcf
‘Unless we change the way the NHS does things we will end up back in the position of this Government... the worst crisis in its history.’ Shadow Health and Social Care Secretary, Wes Streeting MP, sets out Labour's plans to modernise the NHS. https://t.co/ARKaIKzBRh
Ahead of local elections across England on the 2nd of May, Reform UK say they will allocate '£17bn of additional money into healthcare'. Party leader Richard Tice tells #R4Today how he will achieve their pledge to reduce pressure on the NHS and fix its staffing crisis. https://t.co/BRMEszvLl2
The greatest threat to the NHS is Starmer’s Labour and Wes Streeting. https://t.co/ZVkaIaGlIz #r4today
Labour has outlined new plans for the NHS including bringing in the private sector and weekend services to cut waiting times but where will the money come from? Labour shadow Health Secretary Wes Streeting says Labour's plans are 'fully costed' and 'they will be fully funded.' https://t.co/ewRso345ET
Wes Streeting in the Sun (again).. “the NHS is a service, not a shrine” https://t.co/cNFqMgSz64
Wes Streeting warns NHS that there'll be no additional funding without 'major surgery' under Labour | The Sun - “The problems with the NHS are clear. It’s a 20th century service that hasn’t changed with the times and isn’t fit for the modern era.” https://t.co/xv4wvxUt1F
EXC: @wesstreeting throws down the gauntlet saying time for private sector help to reduce waiting lists - and no more cash for heath service without “major surgery” of reform. In punchy @thesun piece tomorrow he warns: “Middle-class lefties cry ‘betrayal’. The real betrayal is…