By Free Republic | Created at 2025-01-07 09:49:23 | Updated at 2025-01-08 10:02:18
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Keir Starmer is warned millions of Brits will continue to wait months for NHS treatment - despite PM unveiling a series of 'radical' reforms to improve long waiting lists
Daily Mail ^ | 05 Jan 2025 | JASON GROVES, POLITICAL EDITOR
Posted on 01/07/2025 1:39:44 AM PST by blueplum
Millions of people will continue to wait months for NHS treatment despite a series of ‘radical’ reforms to be unveiled by Keir Starmer on Monday....
Sir Keir will hail the reforms as a ‘key plank’ in Labour’s bid to transform Britain.
But a new target slipped out by Downing Street last night suggests that at least 35 per cent of all patients will continue to face waits of more than 18 weeks next year, down only slightly from the current figure of 42 per cent.
The figures underline warnings from Wes Streeting yesterday that delivering Labour’s pledge to restore the 18-week standard by the time of the next election two years later will be a ‘big, tough challenge’....
(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...
TOPICS: Culture/Society; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; United Kingdom
KEYWORDS: england; healthcare; nhs; socialism; socializedmedicine
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Millions of NHS patients are receiving sub-standard care at hundreds of failing GP surgeries, damning report reveals
Inspectors found people are being put at risk of harm, treated in dirty premises and being given vaccines that have been stored in a way that may render them ineffective.
Alarmingly, practices have been allowed to remain open despite being rated ‘inadequate’ or ‘requires improvement’...given the average practice has 10,172 patients on its list - it suggests 2.97million people are registered at a below-par provider...
1 posted on 01/07/2025 1:39:44 AM PST by blueplum
To: blueplum
Render them ineffective? We need to start rendering useless bureaucrats around the world.
2 posted on 01/07/2025 1:46:14 AM PST by AndyJackson
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