Streeting Pitches Labour’s NHS Reform Plan as Boost to Growth
- Health secretary echoes ex-premier Blair on economic benefits
- Soaring waiting lists contributed to Tories’ election demise
Wes Streeting on July 9.
Photographer: Dan Kitwood/Getty ImagesHealth Secretary Wes Streeting said the Labour government’s plan to overhaul the state-run National Health Service will be key to delivering its core pledge to boosting UK economic growth.
Reducing patient waiting lists will cut incapacity benefit costs, Streeting said at a conference organized by the Tony Blair Institute in London on Tuesday, and end a “begging bowl culture” where his health department’s only interaction with the Treasury is to ask for money.