The speech from Wes Streeting, Shadow Health and Care Secretary, at the Labour conference was not what health campaigners have been waiting for.

It contained significant red flags for those who fight for the re-establishment of an integrated NHS which is universal, publicly funded, publicly delivered and publicly accountable – principles of the NHS model.

Jacky Davis, from Keep Our NHS Public (KONP), reacts to the speech and explains why the NHS needs more funding, not reform, in this article.

We are also disappointed by Streeting’s promise that any available funding would go to primary care and other non acute sectors. This article explains why this is not good news for GPs or anyone else.

We know that experts are consistent in defending the NHS model as rational and successful, when well-funded and publicly provided. The model doesn’t need reforming – it has been failed and undermined by successive governments. The NHS model needs urgent funding, its staff and public services supporting, and capacity expanding.

Find out more on Keep Our NHS Public.

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