The leader of Britain’s opposition Labor Party, Sir Keir Starmer, has warned that the UK’s health sector cannot survive without serious and deep reforms that require more than money.
Starmer revealed his vision for modernizing the NHS system and pledged what his government would do if his Labor party won the general election scheduled for early 2025.
Chief among Starmer’s ambitious health priorities is reducing waiting lists for routine treatment and tackling the three biggest killers within a decade, including reducing heart disease, stroke, cancer and deaths from suicide.
“The NHS cannot afford another five years of Conservative government,” Starmer said, adding that his new targets for the NHS would be part of a broader reform to get the country going.
In his letter of pledges, Starmer confirmed that his future government, if the people elect his party, will ensure high-quality health services, ambulance response in a few minutes of cardiac arrest, hospital emergency services dealing with patients within four hours, in addition to ensuring the highest level of patient satisfaction.
Observers question whether these pledges are feasible? And what will be the cost of these huge, very ambitious plans that seem expensive, especially since the Labor Party has set little commitment to funding to a large extent except for filling tax loopholes to cover part of a broader scope. for a specific policy.
But Keir Starmer is expected to reveal funding for these reforms as the general election approaches for a health sector that suffers more than ever from a massive shortage of staff and equipment amid an unprecedented wave of strikes and resignations.
Modernizing the health sector is part of a series of five pledges made by Starmer three months ago that Labor will work towards if it wins the next general election.
Achieving these promises will not be easy, according to the opposition Labor leader, because reforming the basics will take a long time after 13 years of Conservative Party policies in power.
Starmer’s promises include making Britain a clean energy superpower, creating new jobs for strong productivity across the country, reforming the police and justice system and reducing crime.
