Another year, and yet another round of changes amid pharma’s biggest customer.
Those watching the news over the seasonal break cannot fail to have noticed Kier Starmer and Health Secretary Wes Streeting capturing the headlines.
Under pressure from the media, political opponents and not least his own party to “do something”, Starmer made the NHS the subject of 2025’s first big policy announcement.
It rehashed some of the noise around the budget – £25bn extra but the NHS must reform or die – and covered the importance of care closer to home, AI and tech, the NHS app, enhanced community diagnostics, faster elective care, referral management, efficiency and more use of the private sector.
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