The government asked the public, NHS employees, and experts to contribute their thoughts and experiences in order to “help fix our NHS” during the public consultation that was opened on Monday.
However, ten months after Labour won the June election, Mr. Streeting acknowledged that improvements won’t happen until that process is finished.
Additionally, he stated that the NHS funding that was agreed upon with Chancellor Rachel Reeves would not be accessible until April of next year and will be revealed in the next budget.
“Investment in the budget,” Mr. Streeting told News, “comes in the new fiscal year in April, so that’s spring.”
Labour pledged to “transform the NHS” in its election manifesto, beginning with reducing waiting.
Labour politicians gave voters the idea that they could immediately implement changes by claiming that the reforms they sought to implement were properly costed.
According to Mr. Streeting, the NHS’s desired improvements—like reducing wait times—are “big changes” that will require time.
