Wes Streeting responds to the latest NHS waiting list data

Wes Streeting MP, Labour’s Shadow Health Secretary, responding to the latest NHS waiting list data, said:

"One in seven people in England are waiting for NHS treatment, in pain and discomfort. Many are unable to work, others will have undiagnosed conditions worsening while they wait.

"The longer the Conservatives are in office, the longer patients wait.

"Labour will provide an extra two million appointments a year so patients are treated on time. We will invest £1.1 billion a year to pay staff overtime for evening and weekend working, paid for by abolishing the non-don tax status, so the NHS is working around the clock to beat the Tory backlog."

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NHS data released today: https://www.england.nhs.uk/statistics/statistical-work-areas/rtt-waiting-times/rtt-data-2023-24/