Wes Streeting stated on News’ Sunday Morning with Trevor Phillips that he will stop at nothing to guarantee the reduction of waiting lists, even if it means enlisting the help of the corporate sector.
He added the “NHS waiting list will need to be millions lower by the end of this parliament”.
Mr. Streeting’s remarks preceded a report by renowned surgeon Lord Darzi on the state of the NHS, which discovered a number of problems such as declining childhood vaccination rates, an 82% rise in hospital admissions for eating disorders between 2019 and 2020, and a third of children from low-income families.
Additionally, the survey discovered that the “significant progress” made in the last 50 years on heart and circulation disorders is starting to reverse.
Ending the “two-tier system” in which those with the means to go private “and those who can’t are being left behind” is Mr. Streeting’s stated goal.
Nonetheless, he stated that the NHS ought to take advantage of any available capacity in the private sector to reduce waiting lists.
