The neighbourhood that could hold the secret to fixing the NHS

Health Secretary Wes Streeting has promised to turn the NHS into a neighbourhood health service.

NHS has a waiting list of nearly 7.5 million patients and public satisfaction of just 21% - a record low.

Research suggests that every 100 spent on community care would otherwise cost 131 for hospital care.

Washwood Heath is a working example of what this could look like.

In the first 12 months since Washwood Heath began operating, GP visits among the local population supported by the centre fell by 31% , A&E attendances by 20% and admissions to hospital by 21% .

The model is being expanded across the city - the aim is to have a network of six community hubs and 25 to 30 integrated neighbourhood teams.

Work in east Birmingham ticks a lot of the boxes set out by independent peer and NHS surgeon Lord Darzi in his report for the government last autumn .

Ms Rankine worked for the Department of Health and NHS executive for more than a decade from the mid-1990s .

There are deeper rooted political pressures too that make a nationwide rollout of centres like those in Birmingham a challenge.