“The NHS needs to change fundamentally. It's a fragmented service when it should be joined-up. It's a last-minute crisis intervention service when it should be about prevention. It's a sickness service when it should have promoting health as its core. Crucially, it doesn't do enough to help people to help themselves.”

Liz Kendall is a British politician and Labour Party member. Born Elizabeth Louise Kendall, she has been the Member of Parliament for Leicester West since 2010 and held senior cabinet posts in the mid-2020s. She served as Secretary of State for Work and Pensions from 2024 to 2025, then as Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology from 2025 to 2026. Her public profile is tied to parliamentary work and ministerial office in British government.