Robert Jenrick says "there is an argument for abolishing NHS England", provided it is accompanied by "serious reforms that get waiting lists down". The shadow justice secretary adds, "we haven't yet seen serious reforms from this Labour government". Report by Brooksl. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn
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00:00We want a leaner, more efficient state, and we want the NHS to deliver the best possible service
00:05to patients, providing good value for money for taxpayers. There is a strong argument for
00:11abolishing NHS England, which is a large and bureaucratic organisation, but it ultimately
00:16depends on whether that's accompanied by serious reforms that get the waiting list down, that
00:21provide better service to patients and increase productivity in the NHS that has been so poor
00:26in recent years. And that remains to be seen. We haven't seen yet serious reforms from this
00:31Labour government, and in the one part of the United Kingdom where the NHS is managed directly
00:36without a quango such as NHS England, in Wales, where the NHS has been run by the Labour Party
00:42for over a decade, the service of patients is demonstrably worse. Waiting lists are longer.
00:47Outcomes in crucial areas like cancer care are worse than in England. So it doesn't bode well,
00:53but we want to see the serious reforms that hopefully will accompany this change.