#nhs-reform

#nhs-reform

Many Independent readers are cautiously weighing Labour's 10-year NHS plan against the past, revealing a divide in trust regarding funding and implementation.

We talked about public spending. I think we need to shrink welfare but in a controlled manner that benefits people and gets them back into work.

The NHS will shift a huge amount of care from hospitals into new community health centres to bring treatment closer to people's homes and cut waiting times.

I will take on the top-heavy management that is holding the NHS back and deliver the biggest and most meaningful NHS reform in decades.

Wes Streeting has promised to pull the NHS into the digital age with plans to give more patients needing planned care the ability to decide where they are treated. Under plans aimed at slashing waiting lists, the NHS App will be overhauled, giving patients more choice under the elective reform plan, which is set to be announced this week. Health secretary Mr Streeting said the move will help Labour cut waiting times 'from 18 months to 18 weeks'.

Adebowale's statement highlights that the NHS is experiencing a state of paralysis, waiting indefinitely for Wes Streeting's 10-year plan while patient care suffers from overwhelming waiting times.