Wes Streeting responds to NHS statistics revealing that the government missed target to end 18-month waits

Wes Streeting MP, Labour’s Shadow Health Secretary, responding to latest NHS statistics revealing that the government missed its target to end 18-month waits, said:

“Rishi Sunak has broken his promise to end 18 months waits for NHS treatment, leaving thousands of patients in pain and discomfort for unacceptably long. This is just the latest broken promise that shows you can’t trust the Tories with the NHS.

“Ministers blame strikes, as if they are mere bystanders. It was their refusal to speak to nurses and junior doctors that forced them out on strike in the first place.

“Labour will give the NHS the staff it needs to treat patients on time again. We will abolish the non-dom tax status to pay for training 7,500 more doctors and 10,000 more nurses a year.”

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Statistics » Consultant-led Referral to Treatment Waiting Times Data 2022-23 (england.nhs.uk)