PM to unveil 10-year plan for NHS - in 'one of most seismic shifts' in health service's history

Sir Keir Starmer will set out his 10-year vision for the NHS in what the government says is "one of the most seismic shifts" in the health service's history.

He will pledge three main facets of the plan: moving care into the community, digitising the NHS, and a focus on sickness prevention. The prime minister will announce neighbourhood health services will be rolled out across England to improve access to the NHS and to shift care out of overstrained hospitals.

PM 'might have to go in months' - politics latest Sir Keir has already promised thousands more GPs will be trained, and to end the 8am "scramble" for an appointment. He also previously said his government will bring the NHS into the digital age, with "groundbreaking" new tools to support GPs rolled out over the next two years - including AI to take notes, draft letters and enter data.

And he will promise new contracts that will encourage and allow GP practices to cover a wider geographical area, so small practices will get more support. Unite, one of the UK's largest healthcare unions, welcomed the plan cautiously but said staff need to be the focus to ensure people are better looked after.

Read more:Hundreds of NHS quangos to be axedHow pilot scheme from Brazil is helping NHS 'Reform or die' Sir Keir said: "The NHS should be there for everyone, whenever they need it. "But we inherited a health system in crisis, addicted to a sticking plaster approach, and unable to face up to the challenges we face now, let alone in the future.

"That ends now. Because it's reform or die." He said the government's plan "will fundamentally rewire and futureproof our NHS, so that it puts care on people's doorsteps, harnesses game-changing tech and prevents illness in the first place".

The PM said it would not be an "overnight fix.