Cross-party MPs request urgent non-partisan debate on future of NHS

The UK spends 9.9% of GDP on the health budget – a considerably lower percentage than many other European nations.Ninety MPs including several senior Tories have urged Theresa May to launch a cross-party convention on the future of the NHS and social care in England.Sarah Wollaston, chair of the Commons health committee, organised a letter in conjunction with Liberal Democrat former care minister Norman Lamb and Labour former shadow care minister Liz Kendall, that has been sent to the prim