The opposition party have been reacting to the prime minister's announcement on Thursday that he will abolish NHS England. Shadow Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster Alex Burghart cast doubts over the decision, saying Sir Keir Starmer has yet to set out "how this is going to make life better for patients" or "how much money he is going to save by doing it". Report by Kennedyl. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn
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00:00It's quite a big announcement, but as ever with this government, there's no detail behind it.
00:05Prime Minister hasn't set out how this is going to make life better for patients
00:09across the country, hasn't set out how much money he's going to save by doing it,
00:13and so although on the surface it might sound like an interesting idea,
00:18the truth is in Labour-run Wales they've had this way of doing things for years,
00:23and they have the worst waiting times in Great Britain, and they have the worst services in
00:29health for patients, so we really need to see what is actually going to happen here.
00:35Structural reform can be a great thing, it can also be a total disaster if it's handled in the
00:39wrong way, and so until we have a plan from the government then it's difficult to know which it's
00:43going to be. What I do know already, what we all know already, is where Labour have done this before,
00:48it's been a mess.