Wes Streeting is blasted over plans for a ‘talking shop’ on the future of the NHS

Critics hit out last night over the Government’s plans for a public consultation about the NHS, saying it could drag on for months. 

Health Secretary Wes Streeting wants to field the views of patients and staff about the future of the health service over the next ten years. 

However, it was met with scepticism, with the Liberal Democrats warning that the consultation could become a ‘talking shop’ and the Tories saying it was wasting time. 

In the latest development to hit the under-pressure health service, ambulances have been instructed to leave patients in hospital corridors after 45 minutes to improve response times. 

NHS England is encouraging services to consider implementing the ‘drop and go’ approach…