Tony Blair has stated that the NHS is "not serving its purpose" in an unique interview with Sky News.

Speaking to Sophy Ridge on Sunday, the previous PM did not mince his phrases when addressing the present state of the UK's well being service.

Asked if he thought the NHS was offering customary of service, Mr Blair replied: "No, at the moment. In some respects the staff do a great job in difficult circumstances.

"And I believe the final expertise of individuals is for those who're in actually acute problem, then then it nonetheless does present excellent care.

"But quite a lot of the ready lists are horrible, COVID, after all, has made it rather a lot worse.

"The truth is, you're not going to have a lot more money to spend, but you do have to think how do we do things completely differently."

He went on to say that he felt there must be extra personal sector involvement within the NHS, saying there must be "complete cooperation between the public and private sector".

Mr Blair stated: "The drawback all the time with the general public sector, and that is what I realized in authorities, is the robust factor is to get it to innovate.

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"Because in the private sector, if you don't innovate, you go out of business, but it doesn't happen in the public sector."

He added that "private" should not be thought-about a "dirty word" and went on to say that the NHS, in its present state, was not serving its objective, regardless of using extra individuals than ever earlier than.

The former prime minister stated: "The NHS is a great institution and we should keep its principles. But the truth? I mean, you don't have to be a genius to look at it and say it's not, it's not serving its purpose."

The full interview with Tony Blair might be on the Sophy Ridge on Sunday programme on Sky News from 8.30am this morning.