Labour promised to fix the NHS but seems set on breaking it even more
Wes Streeting appears to be the first Labour health secretary willing to countenance cutting back end-of-life care.
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Rachel Clarke
Rachel Clarke is a palliative care doctor and the author of Breathtaking: Inside the NHS in a Time of Pandemic.
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