Wes Streeting Claims NHS Will Effectively 'Go Bust' If Labour Does Not Act

Wes Streeting claimed the NHS could effectively go bust without quick government action

The health secretary Wes Streeting has claimed the NHS will effectively “go bust” unless the government takes action, and soon.

The cabinet minister’s remarks come ahead of a landmark report into the health service from Lord Darzi, a leading surgeon, commissioned by the government in July.

Darzi’s report is expected to say the NHS reduced its “routine healthcare activity by a far greater percentage...