Keir Starmer pledges to fight for NHS ‘day and night’ as PM unveils new reforms

Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Get our free View from Westminster email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Rebuilding the NHS is the cornerstone of rebuilding Britain, the prime minister said, as he pledged to fight for the health service “day and night”. open image in gallery Sir Keir Starmer addresses the media and frontline NHS workers at a hospital in Surrey He said 2025 “is about rebuilding Britain and rebuilding our NHS is the cornerstone of that”. I’ll never stand for that.” Under his plans, Sir Keir said the NHS must deliver convenience for patients, just as people can book holidays and find love online. He said: “Built by that generation eight decades ago now, it’s the embodiment of British values and humanities – fairness, equal respect.” The PM also welcomed a new agreement to expand the relationship between the NHS and private healthcare sector in a bid to slash waiting times, saying the approach must be “totally unburdened by dogma”.