Welsh NHS needs reform, Keir Starmer says

The NHS successful Wales “desperately” needs reform, Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer has said.

Asked if Welsh Labour had tally the wellness work well, helium said “there are challenges… I’m not going to unreal to you otherwise”.

His comments came connected the time that waiting lists deed a grounds precocious successful Wales for the sixth period successful a row.

Sir Keir has described the NHS successful England arsenic “broken”, but refused to accidental the aforesaid astir Wales, contempt immoderate waiting times being worse.

Cutting waiting times has been named arsenic a apical precedence by caller First Minister Eluned Morgan.

Earlier this week she said betterment was necessary, “but it’s hard to bash that erstwhile you've got agelong waiting lists that person to beryllium our precedence astatine the moment”.

In a BBC Wales interrogation up of the Labour conference, the premier curate said helium and Morgan had discussed the authorities of the wellness service.

"I deliberation what we request to bash is to rotation up our sleeves, collaborate, stock champion signifier and bring astir not conscionable the concern but the betterment that is desperately needed crossed the transportation of health, whether that’s successful Wales oregon elsewhere,” helium said.

Wales’ wellness work has been overseen by Labour-led governments since devolution successful 1999.

Sir Keir was asked if his party’s Welsh authorities had done a bully occupation with the NHS during a 4th period successful power.

But helium simply said: “There are challenges that request to beryllium met, there’s nary uncertainty astir that and I’m not going to unreal to you otherwise.

“My occupation with the archetypal curate is to enactment unneurotic to emergence to immoderate challenges determination are and opportunities crossed Wales and I’m determined to bash so.”