“We offered the nation and those in the NHS a deal. We would spend this money if, but only if, we also changed the chronic system failures of the NHS. Money had to be accompanied by modernisation; investment, by reform.”
This mantra, for the NHS to “reform or die”, has been a strong thread in the new government’s approach to the sector, from the moment Keir Starmer came to power. But these quotes are not from the prime minister or even his health secretary Wes Streeting, as they try to sell voters on changes they say can fix the ailing health system.
