Wes Streeting responds to reports of 12 hour A&E waits

Wes Streeting, Labour’s Shadow Health Secretary, responding to reports of 12 hour A&E waits, said:

“After 13 years of Conservative failure to train the staff the NHS needs, patients can no longer be sure the NHS will be there for them in an emergency. These appalling waiting times mean people are just praying they don't fall ill or have an accident.

“24 hours in A&E isn’t just a tv programme, it is now the reality for far too many patients. We cannot go on like this.

“Labour will double medical school places and train 10,000 more nurses every year, paid for by abolishing non-doms, so patients are treated on time again.”