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NHS must reform or die, PM to say, after critical report

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Government-commissioned review of the health service in England by independent peer and NHS surgeon Lord Darzi .

It found it is still struggling from the effects of the pandemic, weakened by under-investment and missing key targets for treatment.

The Conservatives said the government needed to turn "rhetoric to action" after scrapping plans to reform social care and build new hospitals.

Thea Stein , chief executive of the Nuffield Trust think tank, said the report was still "deeply troubling" She also defended the Conservative government's record, pointing out the NHS budget had been increased during the last Parliament .

Healthwatch England said the problems needed to be addressed, describing services as in disarray.

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