Wes Streeting says NHS waiting lists must be ‘millions lower’ by 2029
4 months ago

Wes Streeting says NHS waiting lists must be ‘millions lower’ by 2029

The Independent  

Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Please enter a valid email address Please enter a valid email address SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Please try again later {{ /verifyErrors }} Wes Streeting has said NHS waiting lists need to fall by millions before the next general election. Pressed over when NHS waiting lists would fall back below pre-pandemic levels, Mr Streeting said he would “certainly like to see them come down faster”. Asked how that could be achieved, Mr Streeting said: “To get to constitutional standards, NHS waiting lists will need to be millions lower by the end of this parliament.” Health secretary Wes Streeting said waiting lists need to fall by millions There are currently 6.4 million people on NHS waiting lists, waiting for 7.6 million courses of treatment, compared with 4.6 million cases on waiting lists before the pandemic in February 2020. “What worries me is what we’ve seen so far from the health secretary, the only thing he’s done is to give junior doctors a pay rise with no productivity reform.” Put to her by presenter Trevor Phillips that the previous Conservative government broke the NHS, Ms Atkins said she welcomed discussion about future-proofing the NHS but insisted Labour were “choosing the headlines they pick” from Lord Darzi’s review and had ignored the health situation in Wales, which is “far, far worse”.

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More NHS patients to be treated privately as Starmer bids to slash waiting list backlog
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4 days, 10 hours ago

More NHS patients to be treated privately as Starmer bids to slash waiting list backlog

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Starmer: More patients to be treated privately in bid to slash NHS waiting lists
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4 days, 15 hours ago

Starmer: More patients to be treated privately in bid to slash NHS waiting lists

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Watch: Keir Starmer unveils Labour’s plan to cut NHS waiting times with millions of new appointments
4 days, 17 hours ago

Watch: Keir Starmer unveils Labour’s plan to cut NHS waiting times with millions of new appointments

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Starmer vows millions of new NHS appointments to end 18-month waits for treatment
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5 days, 12 hours ago

Starmer vows millions of new NHS appointments to end 18-month waits for treatment

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Keir Starmer is warned millions of Brits will continue to wait months for NHS treatment - despite PM unveiling a series of 'radical' reforms to improve long waiting lists
5 days, 12 hours ago

Keir Starmer is warned millions of Brits will continue to wait months for NHS treatment - despite PM unveiling a series of 'radical' reforms to improve long waiting lists

Daily Mail  

Millions of people will continue to wait months for NHS treatment despite a series of ‘radical’ reforms to be unveiled by Keir Starmer on Monday. Monday’s reforms will focus on speeding up medical tests and routine surgery to cut waiting lists which soared to record levels in the wake of the pandemic. A new target slipped out by Downing Street …

NHS cash injection will ‘bring waiting lists down’ – Chancellor
2 months, 1 week ago

NHS cash injection will ‘bring waiting lists down’ – Chancellor

The Independent  

Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. This is the largest real-terms growth in day-to-day NHS spending outside of Covid since …

Flatlining NHS gets major £22.6billion Budget injection to cut waiting lists - amid warnings there will still be a winter crisis and it may STILL need more cash
2 months, 1 week ago

Flatlining NHS gets major £22.6billion Budget injection to cut waiting lists - amid warnings there will still be a winter crisis and it may STILL need more cash

Daily Mail  

The NHS was a major winner from Rachel Reeves's first Budget as Chancellor as she poured £22.6billion more into the flatlining health service. Health Secretary Wes Streeting has warned the additional funding set to be announced in Labour's first Budget is unlikely to deliver major improvements Yesterday he said the injection of funding will help meet Labour's pledge to deliver …

What the latest NHS performance figures for England show
3 months ago

What the latest NHS performance figures for England show

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For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Here are the main figures from the latest NHS …

NHS is entering winter ‘in bad shape’ as new figures show rising waits
3 months ago

NHS is entering winter ‘in bad shape’ as new figures show rising waits

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Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy The NHS is going into winter “in bad shape”, experts …

NHS will fail to hit waiting list target as A&Es face winter ‘tripledemic’
3 months ago

NHS will fail to hit waiting list target as A&Es face winter ‘tripledemic’

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NHS waiting lists force Britons to save up to pay for private healthcare, says report
4 months ago

NHS waiting lists force Britons to save up to pay for private healthcare, says report

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NHS waiting list rises for third consecutive month
5 months ago

NHS waiting list rises for third consecutive month

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Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Mr Streeting said: “These figures confirm that 14 years of Conservative neglect left the …

7.6 million: How England’s healthcare waiting list trebled under the Tories
6 months, 1 week ago

7.6 million: How England’s healthcare waiting list trebled under the Tories

Al Jazeera  

Waiting times for National Health Service care have also risen sharply across the UK since ruling Conservatives came to power in 2010. The NHS waiting list for treatment referrals in England hit 7.6 million cases in April – a threefold rise since 2010. Just 67 percent of Britons said they were satisfied with their public services, infrastructure and environment last …

NHS isn't getting better: Hospital waiting lists have RISEN again... and health service is slipping on targets for cancer treatment, new data reveals
6 months, 4 weeks ago

NHS isn't getting better: Hospital waiting lists have RISEN again... and health service is slipping on targets for cancer treatment, new data reveals

Daily Mail  

Hospital waiting lists have risen for the first time in seven months, with the NHS also slipping further from its target on cancer treatments. Separate data showed the proportion of patients being treated within two months of an urgent cancer referral slipped from 68.7 per cent in March to 66.6 per cent in April. Without this, commitments to substantially cut …

Wes Streeting: I will outdo Blair to clear NHS backlog
7 months, 2 weeks ago

Wes Streeting: I will outdo Blair to clear NHS backlog

The Telegraph  

Labour will also claim on Wednesday that the NHS waiting list will hit 10 million if the Tories remain in power. Labour’s plans to tackle record NHS waits include putting on 40,000 extra appointments each week by utilising weekend and evening slots, as well as doubling the number of scanners available to run diagnostics on patients. Labour’s plan to tackle …

Labour pledges 40,000 extra NHS appointments a week
7 months, 3 weeks ago

Labour pledges 40,000 extra NHS appointments a week

The Independent  

Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Get our free View from Westminster email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Shadow health secretary Wes Streeting said: “Fourteen years of Conservative neglect has seen waiting lists …

Cuts to the NHS waiting list have stalled for second month in a row, new figures show
8 months ago

Cuts to the NHS waiting list have stalled for second month in a row, new figures show

The Independent  

Sign up for our free Health Check email to receive exclusive analysis on the week in health Get our free Health Check email Get our free Health Check email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. While progress against reducing the NHS waiting list stalled, improvements were seen in cancer waits …

NHS waiting lists could take 685 years to clear
8 months ago

NHS waiting lists could take 685 years to clear

The Telegraph  

The NHS waiting list will take 685 years to clear if it continues to fall at the current rate, figures reveal. The overall waiting list remains “stubbornly high” at 7.53 million having fallen by just 916 people between February and March, all but putting an end to Rishi Sunak’s NHS pledge to cut the backlog. If it continues to come …

Patients stuck on NHS waiting lists should be made to improve their own health because thousands are too unfit for surgery, report says
8 months, 3 weeks ago

Patients stuck on NHS waiting lists should be made to improve their own health because thousands are too unfit for surgery, report says

Daily Mail  

Patients are costing the NHS millions of pounds a year by turning up for operations too unfit to go under the knife, a damning report reveals. The CPOC's 'Blueprint for NHS efficiency' report says: 'The NHS has too many cancellations, complications, and lengthy hospital stays – often due to patients arriving for surgery in an unfit state. 'These can be …

Where the NHS waiting list figures leave Sunak’s five priorities
9 months ago

Where the NHS waiting list figures leave Sunak’s five priorities

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Cutting NHS waiting lists was …

NHS waiting lists fall amid junior doctors’ strikes but patients facing longest wait climbs
9 months, 3 weeks ago

NHS waiting lists fall amid junior doctors’ strikes but patients facing longest wait climbs

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. She added: “This has been achieved despite disruptive strikes …

NHS waiting list recovery ‘could take years’ report reveals
10 months, 1 week ago

NHS waiting list recovery ‘could take years’ report reveals

The Independent  

Sign up for our free Health Check email to receive exclusive analysis on the week in health Get our free Health Check email Get our free Health Check email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Under the IFS’s “central scenario”, waiting lists would start to fall “consistently but slowly” from …

NHS waiting list recovery ‘could take years’ – report
10 months, 1 week ago

NHS waiting list recovery ‘could take years’ – report

The Independent  

Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Despite recent reductions in the waiting list in England, the Institute for Fiscal Studies …

Record 180,000 patients suffered ‘degrading’ 12 hour waits in A&E last month
11 months ago

Record 180,000 patients suffered ‘degrading’ 12 hour waits in A&E last month

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Sign up for our free Health Check email to receive exclusive analysis on the week in health Get our free Health Check email Get our free Health Check email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Degrading corridor care and prolonged waits causing significant harm is tragically and increasingly the expected …

NHS waiting list even higher than before Rishi Sunak pledge
11 months, 4 weeks ago

NHS waiting list even higher than before Rishi Sunak pledge

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Sign up for our free Health Check email to receive exclusive analysis on the week in health Get our free Health Check email Get our free Health Check email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. open image in gallery Rishi Sunak said he is ‘confident’ the government can resolve the …

NHS fails to hit key targets despite drop in waiting list
11 months, 4 weeks ago

NHS fails to hit key targets despite drop in waiting list

The Independent  

Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. On some measures the situation is better than this time last year, in part …

NHS waiting list falls for the first time in a year
1 year ago

NHS waiting list falls for the first time in a year

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Sign up for our free Health Check email to receive exclusive analysis on the week in health Get our free Health Check email Get our free Health Check email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Some 69.7 per cent of patients in England were seen within four hours in A&Es …

One in five people on NHS waiting lists in Britain’s worst-hit areas
1 year, 1 month ago

One in five people on NHS waiting lists in Britain’s worst-hit areas

The Telegraph  

The area coping the best, according to the analysis, is Berkshire West, with around one in 16 people waiting for NHS care. The NHS recently revealed that 15 per cent of patients were waiting for more than one appointment or procedure, meaning there are around 6.5 million individuals waiting for 7.8 million appointments. Separate analysis by the Reform think tank …

NHS waiting list hits record 7.8 million high
1 year, 2 months ago

NHS waiting list hits record 7.8 million high

The Independent  

Sign up for our free Health Check email to receive exclusive analysis on the week in health Get our free Health Check email Get our free Health Check email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy The NHS waiting list has hit a record high of 7.77 …

NHS failing to tackle ‘shameful’ gaps in care which leave poor waiting longer, research shows
1 year, 2 months ago

NHS failing to tackle ‘shameful’ gaps in care which leave poor waiting longer, research shows

The Independent  

Sign up for our free Health Check email to receive exclusive analysis on the week in health Get our free Health Check email Get our free Health Check email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. open image in gallery Too many black women have experienced treatment that falls short of …

NHS patients waiting longer than nine months to be offered chance to switch hospital
1 year, 2 months ago

NHS patients waiting longer than nine months to be offered chance to switch hospital

The Telegraph  

Amanda Pritchard, the chief executive of NHS England, said: “This new step to offer NHS patients who have been waiting the longest the opportunity to consider travelling for treatment is just another example of how we are introducing new approaches to reduce how long patients wait, while improving the choice and control they have over their own care. “So, whether …

Rishi Sunak’s pledge to cut NHS waiting lists ‘blown out of water’ as backlog set to soar
1 year, 2 months ago

Rishi Sunak’s pledge to cut NHS waiting lists ‘blown out of water’ as backlog set to soar

The Independent  

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NHS waiting list hits record high of almost 7.8m
1 year, 2 months ago

NHS waiting list hits record high of almost 7.8m

The Independent  

Sign up for our free Health Check email to receive exclusive analysis on the week in health Get our free Health Check email Please enter a valid email address Please enter a valid email address SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Please try again later {{ /verifyErrors }} The NHS …

NHS waiting lists hit new record high despite Rishi Sunak pledge
1 year, 5 months ago

NHS waiting lists hit new record high despite Rishi Sunak pledge

The Independent  

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Government turns to private clinics to help tackle NHS waiting lists
1 year, 5 months ago

Government turns to private clinics to help tackle NHS waiting lists

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Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy The Government has turned to private sector capacity in a …

NHS waiting list in England hits record 7.5 million
1 year, 5 months ago

NHS waiting list in England hits record 7.5 million

The Independent  

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Community diagnostic centres helping cut NHS waiting lists, says Sunak
1 year, 10 months ago

Community diagnostic centres helping cut NHS waiting lists, says Sunak

The Independent  

Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Mr Sunak said: “At the beginning of the year I made five promises to …

Use private sector to tackle NHS waiting lists, urges Keir Starmer
2 years ago

Use private sector to tackle NHS waiting lists, urges Keir Starmer

The Telegraph  

"Labour has a bold plan to slash waiting times by temporarily ramping up partnerships with private providers. My Labour government would give Britain its NHS back, through a decade long programme of renewal and reform, to make the health service fit for the future. In a clear sign that he plans to align himself with the Blair era and reject …

The NHS waiting lists hit HARDEST by Covid
2 years ago

The NHS waiting lists hit HARDEST by Covid

Daily Mail  

The number of people waiting for hospital treatment has nearly doubled since the pandemic began among some medical specialties, MailOnline can reveal. The overall backlog hit a 7.2million in October — the highest figure since records began 15 years ago and two-thirds more than the number logged in March 2020, when Covid first hit British shores. The number of respiratory …

NHS told to ‘turbo-charge’ use of private sector to ease record waiting lists
2 years, 1 month ago

NHS told to ‘turbo-charge’ use of private sector to ease record waiting lists

The Telegraph  

The NHS has been ordered to “turbo-charge” use of the private sector to help clear record waiting lists. A new taskforce, bringing together independent hospital leaders and NHS officials, will examine how to significantly expand use of the private sector and give patients more choice over where they receive treatment. It comes amid record waiting lists, with more than seven …

NHS waiting list hits record high as A&E performance sinks to new low
2 years, 2 months ago

NHS waiting list hits record high as A&E performance sinks to new low

The Independent  

Sign up for our free Health Check email to receive exclusive analysis on the week in health Get our free Health Check email Get our free Health Check email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy A record high of seven million patients are waiting for NHS …

NHS waiting list for routine hospital treatment hits new record high of 6.8 million
2 years, 4 months ago

NHS waiting list for routine hospital treatment hits new record high of 6.8 million

The Independent  

Sign up for our free Health Check email to receive exclusive analysis on the week in health Get our free Health Check email Get our free Health Check email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Figures show that at least 80,107 patients waited 12 hours from a decision to admit …

Record 6.8m people on NHS waiting lists in England
2 years, 4 months ago

Record 6.8m people on NHS waiting lists in England

The Telegraph  

NHS waiting lists in England have reached a new high, with 6.8 million people – one in eight of the population – in the queue for hospital treatment. The official statistics show that the number keeps rising, with record numbers waiting for tests to check whether they have cancer. NHS England statistics show that 238,771 urgent cancer referrals were made …

Back to the panic stations: NHS chiefs prepare Covid-style campaign urging people to avoid A&E
2 years, 4 months ago

Back to the panic stations: NHS chiefs prepare Covid-style campaign urging people to avoid A&E

Daily Mail  

The NHS is preparing a Covid-style campaign that will urge Brits to avoid A&E and to only dial 999 when absolutely necessary this winter - as the health service braces for a potential new coronavirus wave and a surge in deaths from cold homes amid soaring energy costs. In a letter to health chiefs, NHS chief executive Amanda Pritchard said …

NHS waiting list spikes to ANOTHER record high: Now 6.4MILLION patients are stuck in queues
2 years, 7 months ago

NHS waiting list spikes to ANOTHER record high: Now 6.4MILLION patients are stuck in queues

Daily Mail  

The number of people in the queue for routine NHS treatment in England has soared to another high and record numbers are facing 'frightening waits' in A&E. NHS data shows one in nine people were in the queue for elective operations such as hip and knee replacements and cataracts surgery by March — up from 6.18m in February Separate data …

Will the NHS waiting list problem ever be solved?
2 years, 10 months ago

Will the NHS waiting list problem ever be solved?

The Telegraph  

The scale of the mess can hardly be exaggerated. In England alone, we have over six million people – more than the population of Denmark – on waiting lists, 37 per cent more than before the pandemic. “The pledges made this week just take us back to waiting times of nearly 20 years ago,” he said. The Conservatives, by contrast, …

NHS waiting lists to rise until 2024, says Sajid Javid
2 years, 11 months ago

NHS waiting lists to rise until 2024, says Sajid Javid

The Independent  

Sign up for our free Health Check email to receive exclusive analysis on the week in health Get our free Health Check email Please enter a valid email address Please enter a valid email address SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. “Assuming half of the missing demand from the pandemic …

One in 10 people in England now on an NHS waiting list
3 years, 2 months ago

One in 10 people in England now on an NHS waiting list

The Telegraph  

A similar deterioration is seen in the most urgent category, which includes cardiac arrests. The NHS figures show the worst A&E performance on record, with just 73.9 per cent of patients seen within four hours, against a target of 95 per cent. Deborah Ward, senior analyst at the King’s Fund, said: “ stats reveal the worst performance since current records …

A&Es see busiest month on record as summer NHS crisis hits with 5.3m on waiting list
3 years, 6 months ago

A&Es see busiest month on record as summer NHS crisis hits with 5.3m on waiting list

The Independent  

Sign up for our free Health Check email to receive exclusive analysis on the week in health Get our free Health Check email Get our free Health Check email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Major hospital emergency departments have recorded their busiest month on record …

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