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www.independent.co.uk
3 months ago
UK news

Rishi Sunak: I can't keep pledge to reduce NHS waiting lists

Rishi Sunak has admitted to failing on his promise to cut NHS waiting lists, which is the first time the prime minister has acknowledged being off track on his key targets.
Sunak's pledge to get the UK economy growing again is still uncertain, but he claims that he will stop the boats once deportation flights to Rwanda start running. [ more ]
www.independent.co.uk
3 months ago
UK news

Rishi Sunak laughs as shopper challenges him over NHS waits in awkward exchange

Rishi Sunak laughed when confronted by a woman expressing her anger over NHS waiting lists.
Labour criticized Sunak for his response, saying it showed a lack of understanding for NHS patients. [ more ]
www.independent.co.uk
3 months ago
UK news

Sunak laughs off mother pleading with him to fix NHS waiting lists for her daughter

Rishi Sunak laughed as a voter pleaded with him to fix NHS waiting lists
6.39 million patients were waiting for routine hospital treatment in November [ more ]
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www.theguardian.com
3 months ago
Mental health

Huge human and economic toll': one in seven people in England waiting for NHS treatment

7.6 million people in England were waiting for treatment in December, with 3.3 million waiting for more than four months and 337,450 waiting longer than a year.
The waiting list has risen by 66% since February 2020, before the start of the Covid pandemic. [ more ]
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