The Tory minister has likened the NHS to the defunct video shop, Blockbuster, highlighting its need for modernisation.
Mr Javid has compared the NHS to the now obsolete rental shop, telling a Cabinet meeting on Tuesday that sticking with the status quo is not an option.
This comes as the Government has set the NHS a target of improving its productivity to save £4.5 billion per year.
However the Prime Minister’s official spokesman said there was no new money to cover the reforms.
He told reporters: “The health and social care secretary updated Cabinet on the scale of the challenge post-pandemic, saying we had the Blockbuster healthcare system in the age of Netflix. He said it was no longer simply an option to stick to the status quo.”
He said large-scale changes were needed in areas such as the use of technology and data to help frontline workers deliver the high-quality service the public expects.
“He said the Government had set the NHS a target of…
