Skip to main content
Government warned that plans to transform the NHS require more funding
A general view of staff on a NHS hospital ward at Ealing Hospital in London

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.

The 95th Anniversary Appeal
Support the Morning Star
You have reached the free limit.
Subscribe to continue reading.
Similar stories
THE PRIVATEER: Wes Streeting
Features / 11 March 2026
11 March 2026

In the second part of her critique of Wes Streeting’s TenYear Plan for Health, HELEN MERCER looks at the central planks of this privatisation blueprint

A general view of staff on a NHS hospital ward at Ealing Hospital in London
Features / 11 October 2025
11 October 2025

We need a massive change in direction to renew a crumbling health service — that’s why Plaid Cymru has an ambitious plan to recentre primary care by recruiting 500 additional GPs and opening six new elective care hubs across Wales, writes MABON AP GWYNFOR

A support worker stands in a corridor as the first patients
Workers' Rights / 12 August 2025
12 August 2025

Government urged ‘to tackle the root causes’ of the NHS crisis and improve ‘social care services’