'We are no longer envy of the world'

THE NHS is no longer the “envy of the world”, shadow health secretary Wes Streeting has warned.

- David Williamson and Jonathan Walker

He says it will take a Labour government to save it from collapse and claims the health service faces the “biggest crisis in its history”. 

The 39-year-old political rising star said: “What makes this crisis different from any other crisis we’ve ever had in the NHS is that emergency care has completely broken.”

One of the top priorities is ensuring people have “neighbourhood” access to primary care and are not kept in hospital longer than necessary.

The Ilford North MP does not pretend the challenges can be addressed in a single parliamentary term but promises a “serious 10-year plan to make the NHS and social care system fit for the future”.