Tory NHS plan will not fix shortage of doctors and nurses, says Wes Streeting

Shadow health secretary says medics are suffering ‘moral injury’ because they cannot deliver best care

Wes Streeting has criticised a “gaping hole” in the Conservatives’ forthcoming NHS plan, which he said would do little to address the shortage of doctors, nurses and care workers that is fuelling backlogs and workforce discontent.

The shadow health secretary said that doctors and nurses considering industrial action in the coming months were not just concerned about pay, but about the “moral injury” they were suffering because they could not deliver the best care for patients due to staffing and the weight of the demand.

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