NHS Trust fails again to meet the operational NHS standard of 92% with only 63.2% patients meeting the 18 week target.

Cllr Jason Fojtik said “We might all know that NHS waiting lists are breaking records every month, thanks to 13 year of Conservative mismanagement, but we must never tire of holding the government to account”.

Wes Streeting has said:

“NHS waiting lists have trebled since the Conservatives came to power 13 years ago. Rishi Sunak’s pledge to cut waiting lists has effectively been abandoned, with the Prime Minister’s choosing to blame NHS staff instead of fixing the problem himself. An extra million patients are on waiting lists compared to this time last year, forced to put their lives on hold, in pain and discomfort.

“The longer we give the Conservatives, the longer patients wait.

“Labour’s plan to cut waiting lists will get the NHS back on its feet. We will pay NHS staff extra to deliver 2 million more appointments at evenings and weekends, paid for by abolishing the non-dom tax break for the wealthiest.”