Wes Streeting vows to 'go further' than Tony Blair to use private sector in NHS

will go “further” than Tony Blair in making use of the private sector in a bid to ease NHS pressures.

The senior Labour figure and leader Keir Starmer will appear on the election campaign trail together on Wednesday as the party puts its focus on the NHS.During Blair’s premiership, which ran from 1997 to 2007, the private sector played an increased role in the NHS. Citing an example, he said he wanted to use high-street opticians to treat people waiting for NHS eye treatment.

“That’s the change the NHS needs. I’m appealing to Telegraph readers to give Labour a mandate to reform the NHS.”We know there are thousands of National readers who want to debate, argue and go back and forth in the comments section of our stories. We’ve got the most informed readers in Scotland, asking each other the big questions about the future of our country.

Source: Healthcare Press (healthcarepress.net)

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