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The NHS is facing the biggest challenge in its history because of the squeeze on its budget, says its new boss.
In a speech on his first day as NHS England's chief executive, Simon Stevens, will say the health service is enduring the most sustained "budget crunch in its 66-year history".
He will warn navigating the next few years will require a huge effort.
And he will say only by "radically transforming services" will the NHS continue to thrive.
Mr Stevens joins NHS England after a decade working for the US firm United Healthcare.
Before that he worked as a health adviser in Tony Blair's government and held various management posts in the NHS.
The speech will be made on Tuesday evening after he spends the day visiting services in the North East, which is where he started his NHS career in the late 1980s.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-26821070
In a speech on his first day as NHS England's chief executive, Simon Stevens, will say the health service is enduring the most sustained "budget crunch in its 66-year history".
He will warn navigating the next few years will require a huge effort.
And he will say only by "radically transforming services" will the NHS continue to thrive.
Mr Stevens joins NHS England after a decade working for the US firm United Healthcare.
Before that he worked as a health adviser in Tony Blair's government and held various management posts in the NHS.
The speech will be made on Tuesday evening after he spends the day visiting services in the North East, which is where he started his NHS career in the late 1980s.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-26821070