PLANS to transform the NHS must be backed by more funding to tackle record staff shortages, growing waiting lists and an exhausted workforce, the government has been warned.

NHS managers and unions including nursing leaders issued the call for more investment in response to Wes Streeting’s promise to turn the NHS into a “neighbourhood health service.”

The Health Secretary will invite patients and NHS staff to take part in a “national conversation” to shape the government’s 10-year plan for the service this week.