Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer and shadow health secretary Wes Streeting have been quizzed by hospital staff about their plans for the NHS.Visiting Alder Hey Children's Hospital in Liverpool on Thursday, Sir Keir said he wanted to turn around the health of children, as he accused the Conservative government of going in "completely the wrong direction".Shadow health secretary Wes Streeting, who accompanied Sir Keir on the visit to the hospital, told staff: "I was still shocked this morning to hea

Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer and shadow health secretary Wes Streeting have been quizzed by hospital staff about their plans for the NHS.Visiting Alder Hey Children's Hospital in Liverpool on Thursday, Sir Keir said he wanted to turn around the health of children, as he accused the Conservative government of going in "completely the wrong direction".Shadow health secretary Wes Streeting, who accompanied Sir Keir on the visit to the hospital, told staff: "I was still shocked this morning to hear someone say to me that being a child in this country is in itself a health inequality."It goes against everything we are or should be about as a society. You know, we are supposed to, as adults, put children first."