Starmer outlines 10-year plan to change NHS ‘from sickness service to health service’

<p>PM says work in England will focus on prevention, with early diagnosis, community hubs and lifestyle measures</p><ul><li><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/politics/live/2025/jul/03/keir-starmer-rachel-reeves-welfare-bill-nhs-10-year-plan-west-streeting-uk-politics-latest-news-updates">UK politics live – latest updates</a></p></li></ul><p>Keir Starmer has outlined a 10-year plan for the NHS based on a shift from hospitals to community health hubs, a renewed focus on prevention and an embrace of technology, which was billed as perhaps the last chance to save the health service in its current form.</p><p>Speaking at a health centre in Stratford, east London, alongside Wes Streeting, the health secretary, and Rachel Reeves, the chancellor – who had not been expected to appear – Starmer insisted this would be different to the long list of previous NHS revamps that achieved little.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/society/2025/jul/03/starmer-nhs-10-year-plan-sickness-service-to-health-service">Continue reading...</a>