Wes Streeting tells the NHS “the days of blank cheques are over” and its extra Budget billions must be linked to reform

WES Streeting has warned “the days of blank cheques for the NHS are over” and other Budget currency volition beryllium linked to reforms.

The wellness work volition beryllium fixed a multi-billion lb currency injection - adjacent though different departments are scrambling to find monolithic cuts.

But Mr Streeting said the currency volition travel with strings attached and “all concern volition beryllium linked to reform” similar play moving and the rotation retired of tech.

Speaking exclusively to The Sun connected Sunday, helium said: “We person settled with the Chancellor. The situation we person got is enormous, but I americium blessed with our Budget settlement.”

But helium added: “The days of blank cheques for the NHS are over. The wealth simply isn’t there.

“We person got to reconstruct immoderate subject into NHS finances and get deficits nether control.

“And that means giving the NHS the tools to bash the jobs and the concern connected superior and tech.”

Chancellor Rachel Reeves is readying to driblet a taxation weaponry connected Brits successful her Halloween Budget aboriginal this month.

A staggering £40 cardinal - chiefly successful taxation hikes but besides successful spending cuts - is acceptable to beryllium unveiled.

This is expected to see increases successful income taxation for 1 cardinal Brits and a emergence successful leader National Insurance Contributions - known arsenic a “tax connected jobs”.

So is Wes bluntly telling Brits - higher taxes are worthy it to amended the NHS?

“Unless we instrumentality the pugnacious determination present we are going to beryllium paying a heavier terms for the nonaccomplishment successful the longer term”, Mr Streeting said.

He is speaking portion connected a travel to King George Hospital successful Ilford - the infirmary helium credited with “saving my life” by diagnosing him with kidney crab successful 2021.

The Health Secretary volition this week unveil a triple whammy of reforms to crook the “broken” NHS astir successful his 10-year plan.

It includes rolling retired ‘wearables’ similar astute watches and rings that way a patient’s wellness and assistance them negociate conditions similar diabetes and cancer.

Plans for a caller integer ‘patient passport’ volition yet travel astatine parliament this week, truthful records, appointments and trial results tin each beryllium accessed connected the NHS app.

And caller 1 halt store neighbourhood wellness centres volition beryllium created truthful doctors, physios and dentists are brought unneurotic nether 1 extortion successful the precocious street.

Meanwhile, hospitals that get other currency to chopped waiting lists volition request to amusement they are moving evenings and weekends.

Doctors volition beryllium told to usage broadside by broadside operating theatres - truthful they tin enactment connected 1 diligent and swiftly determination to the adjacent 1 with the ratio of a Formula 1 pitstop.

Plans to physique 40 caller hospitals - announced by Boris Johnson but paused by Labour - volition spell ahead, Mr Streeting confirmed.

But galore of the schemes are expected to instrumentality years longer than primitively planned.

Mr Streeting said: “Every azygous 1 of them I americium committed to…to present this programme is going to instrumentality longer than the Conservatives claimed it would.

“One of my section hospitals is straight affected by this. I americium furious astir it due to the fact that I cognize however desperately needed these schemes are.”