Labour reveals its 10-year plan to make the NHS better

Sir Keir Starmer says the future already looks better for the NHS under Labour, after publishing his radical plan to transform the health service.

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The new 10-year plan for the NHS sets out a series of shifts to bring care much closer to people's homes, reducing the reliance on hospitals and A&E.

Under the changes, there will be fewer staff working in the NHS than previous projections said were needed, with far more providing care closer to home and fewer working in hospitals.

Key reforms include a greatly enhanced NHS app to give patients more control over their care and more data at their fingertips, new neighbourhood health centres open six days a week and at least 12 hours a day, and new laws on food and alcohol to prevent ill health.

The Prime Minister was accompanied by Chancellor Rachel Reeves as he set out the plans.

Sir Keir said: "It's all down to the foundation we laid this year, all down to the path of renewal that we chose, the decisions made by the Chancellor, by Rachel Reeves, which mean we can invest record amounts in the NHS.

"Already over 6,000 mental health workers are recruited, 1,700 new GPs, 170 community diagnostic centres - really important - already open.

"New surgical hubs, new mental health units, new ambulance sites. Record investment right across the system."