The Prime Minister himself admitted that the target, set in January, may be in doubt and blamed striking doctors for making the waiting list worse
Lord Bethell, a Tory peer who was a health minister at the height of the pandemic, branded Mr Sunak’s plan to cut NHS waiting times “economically illiterate” and “unconservative”.
The waiting list is set to worsen yet further over the next few months, as insiders admit that a previous forecast that the number would peak in March 2024 may be missed, and it could continue to grow up until the next election.
And the former health minister told Radio 4’s PM programme the “waiting list pledge was a mistake, frankly”. Industrial action by nurses and ambulance workers was resolved earlier this year but junior doctors and consultants are still staging walkouts over pay.It is economically illiterate. Unconservative. And unsustainable.
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