Labour Calls for Weekend Appointments and NHS Reform

Published on December 17, 2023

Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer said he would ramp up weekend appointments to tackle NHS backlogs, while the shadow health secretary said investment in the national health service must be linked with reform. NHS England data published last week showed a slight drop in the overall NHS waiting list for treatment, to 7.71 million treatments waiting to be carried out at the end of October, relating to 6.44 million patients. This is down from the record 7.77 million treatments and 6.50 million patients at the end of September. Sir Keir has called on Prime Minister Rishi Sunak to fund more overtime for doctors and nurses, offering the party’s promise to end the non-dom tax status as a way to fund it....

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