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Last year the Secretary of State for Wales, Jo Stevens, and Wales' First Minister Eluned Morgan announced plans for greater NHS co-operation to bring down waiting times.
The report flagged competing political and policy demands, as the same NHS services are required to tackle cancer delays and lengthy waiting times. For patients any delay can heighten anxieties.
NHS targets are performance measures used by NHS England, NHS Scotland, NHS Wales, and the Health and Social Care service in Northern Ireland.These vary by country but assess the performance of each health service against measures such as 4 hour waiting times in Accident and Emergency departments, weeks to receive an appointment and/or treatment, and performance in specific departments such as ...
Currently fewer than six in 10 are dealt with in that time. The aim will be to reduce significantly the overall waiting list which stands at just under 7.5 million.
Official guidelines state that no one in England should have to wait more than 62 days for cancer treatment after a referral from their general practitioner. However, press reports in 2015 indicated that some patients had to wait longer. [10] [11] On 4 September 2015, the NHS announced it would no longer pay for 17 different cancer medications ...
Children are being ‘let down’ amid huge waiting lists health chiefs have warned Hospitals issue warning about key NHS waiting list target as winter crisis looms Skip to main content
The Department of Health claims stated that by concentrating on a set type of procedures they are able to streamline the patient care pathway, [5] resulting in an improved patient experience [6] and help the NHS to quickly meet waiting time targets; [7] however, the majority of independent research conducted to date has contradicted these claims.
Health Secretary Wes Streeting said ’14 years of Conservative neglect left the NHS broken’.