United Kingdom

HEALTH NHS delays mean ‘death sentence’ for some patients Some National Health Service patients have received a “death sentence” due to delays, the health secretary, Wes Streeting, said, as Keir Starmer stressed the need for more use of technology. Streeting was speaking on Monday alongside the prime minister at the launch of what they described as the “biggest national conversation about the future of the NHS since it was founded 76 years ago”. But while Starmer tried to strike an optimistic tone, alluding to the benefits that could arise from a public conversation, Streeting warned that the NHS is in “such a poor state, I’m amazed we’re not still using carrier pigeons”. Streeting said: “The NHS is going through what is objectively the worst crisis in its history, whether it’s…

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Guardian Weekly (Digital) - 1 Issue, 25 October 2024

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