Wes Streeting responds to NHS waiting list data

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

“People are waiting longer for NHS treatment than ever before, and waiting lists are 400,000 longer than when Sunak became Prime Minister.

“The last Labour government cut the maximum waiting time from 18 months to 18 weeks. After 14 years of Conservative vandalism of the NHS, more patients wait longer than 18 weeks than ever before, and the number of patients waiting 18 months has doubled in the past few months. Things are getting worse and worse.

“Labour will get patients treated on time with 2 million more weekend and evening appointments, paid for by abolishing the non-dom tax status. Only Labour can get the NHS back on its feet.”