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‘Will we be paying?’ Javid grilled over ‘absurd’ NHS Netflix remarks

The health secretary likened the NHS to Blockbuster "in the age of Netflix".

Joe Connor by Joe Connor
2022-06-08 11:29
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Sajid Javid has likened the NHS to defunct video shop Blockbuster, claiming it is in dire need of modernisation.

The health secretary told a Cabinet meeting on Tuesday that sticking with the status quo is not an option – and that the UK currently has a “Blockbuster healthcare system in the age of Netflix”.

It comes as the government has set the NHS a target of improving its productivity as it attempts to save £4.5 billion per year.

Labour was unimpressed. Wes Streeting, Javid’s opposite number, accused him of making comments without any plans to take action. 

He said: “I think it’s slightly absurd that 12 years into a government we have government ministers who talk in the biggest generalities without plans to deliver anything.

“We have a government that is not governing and doesn’t have answers. It just has generalities.”

On #BBCBreakfast, Javid was asked whether his Netflix analogy means patients will start paying a subscription for the service.

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