The Guardian view on Labour’s NHS reform: structural change while slashing waiting lists is a big ask | Editorial
Over the holidays, this column will explore next year’s urgent issues. Today, the battle over the government’s contradictory plans for the health service
The British government’s 10-year health plan is still some months off. So is the multi-year spending review that will set the parameters around funding. But the three themes around which Labour plans to build its NHS reforms are set. Each involves a change in emphasis: from treatment to prevention, hospital to community and analogue to digital.
As health policy is devolved, these plans apply directly only in England. Their impact, though, will be UK-wide, since the largest health system is bound to influence the others, and what happens to the NHS is so crucial to the UK government. In 2025 – Labour’s first full calendar year in office since 2009 – there is arguably no area in which the party is more urgently in need of results.
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Over the holidays, this column will explore next year’s urgent issues. Today, the battle over the government’s contradictory plans for the health service
The British government’s 10-year health plan is still some months off. So is the multi-year spending review that will set the parameters around funding. But the three themes around which Labour plans to build its NHS reforms are set. Each involves a change in emphasis: from treatment to prevention, hospital to community and analogue to digital.
As health policy is devolved, these plans apply directly only in England. Their impact, though, will be UK-wide, since the largest health system is bound to influence the others, and what happens to the NHS is so crucial to the UK government. In 2025 – Labour’s first full calendar year in office since 2009 – there is arguably no area in which the party is more urgently in need of results.
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The Guardian view on Labour’s NHS reform: structural change while slashing waiting lists is a big ask | Editorial to Continue reading...
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