Keir Starmer’s NHS plan: what are the key elements and can it succeed?

PM has promised that 92% of patients waiting for planned care in England will once again be treated within 18 weeksIn Monday’s big NHS speech, Keir Starmer promised that by spring 2029 92% of patients waiting for planned care in England would once again be treated within 18 weeks, as they are meant to be already – but only six in 10 actually are.“This elective reform plan will deliver on our promise to end the backlogs,” the prime minister vowed, as he set out initiatives to fulfil a pledge that is a key part of his plan for change. Continue reading...