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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Adam Forrest

Keir Starmer vows to slash ‘bureaucratic nonsense’ in NHS

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Sir Keir Starmer has vowed to get rid of “bureaucratic nonsense” with a plan to allow patients to bypass GPs and refer themselves to specialists.

The Labour leader has also formally backed his shadow health secretary Wes Streeting’s reforms, which would in effect nationalise GP services.

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