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5 Dec 2024

Can Labour fix the NHS waiting list crisis?

Health and Social Care Editor

When it comes to the NHS, the government has today pledged to meet the long-standing target of getting patients from GP referral to treatment in no more than 18 weeks for at least 92 per cent of non-urgent cases in England.

But the latest weekly figures show NHS England under pressure already, with hospital admissions for flu up 350 per cent on the same week last year.