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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Rowena Mason Whitehall editor

NHS at risk of paralysis while waiting for Wes Streeting’s reforms, says thinktank

A general view of staff on a NHS hospital ward.
The IPPR says NHS leaders should get on with the shifts towards prevention, digital, and community-based care. Photograph: Jeff Moore/PA

The NHS is at risk of paralysis while it waits for Wes Streeting’s 10-year plan for reform and needs to be empowered to get on with change in the face of huge waiting times for care, a thinktank has said.

Victor Adebowale, a cross-bench peer and chair of the Institute for Public Policy Research, said a clear message is needed from Streeting that leaders in the health service should be able to start bringing in reforms where they are aligned with the government’s priorities.

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