Wes Streeting said the NHS is not the “envy of the world at the moment but it could be” as he claimed the Government had stolen Labour’s plan for overhauling the health service. 

Rishi Sunak will today unveil the “most radical” reform of the NHS in its history, with a 15-year workforce plan which will create an army of junior and apprentice roles and speed up clinical training.

Mr Streeting, the shadow health secretary, said he broadly welcomed the Government’s blueprint but claimed “it looks very much like our plan”. 

He also said the £2.4billion plan was “better late than never” as he criticised Tory ministers for failing to take action sooner. 

He told GB News: “I have been saying, and I will keep on saying it until I am blue in the face, it is investment and reform that is needed to build an NHS that is fit for the future. 

“If we just keep on pouring more money into the NHS as it is we will continue to have some of the worst outcomes amongst advanced economies and let’s be honest, looking at the state of the NHS, the service, the outcomes most crucially, this is not the envy of the world at the moment but it could be.” 

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