Wes Streeting will invite patients and health staff to share their experience and help shape a 10-year plan for the NHS after a landmark review said it was in a 'critical condition'

Wes Streeting is considering fining NHS patients who miss appointments to save the health service around £1billion a year.The Health Secretary has refused to rule out penalising no-show patients in the future and The Telegraph understands the policy could be included in the Government’s 10-year health plan,

The Health Secretary is making a big fanfare about a cash boost in the Budget and a new plan to reform the NHS so that it becomes a more community-based, prevention-focused service. But at the

NHS care can be a “death sentence” for some patients, the Health Secretary has said as the Prime Minister called for better use of technology to make the NHS “fit for the next 75 years”. Ministers have launched a consultation on the future of the NHS, promising to put patients and staff at the heart of its forthcoming 10-year health plan.

NHS figures show around eight million hospital appointments are missed annually at a cost of more than £1billion.