‘It’s part of their plan to run down the NHS by underfunding it and then to claim that the only answer is more privatisation.’
In January this year, Rishi Sunak set out his five key priorities for 2023 and among them was a pledge to reduce NHS waiting lists.
Well yet another one of Sunak’s pledges lies in ruins, after figures released today showed that NHS waiting lists have hit a record high. An estimated 7.68 million people were waiting to start treatment at the end of July, up from 7.57 million in June.
It is the highest number since records began in August 2007 and marks the eighth consecutive month of increases.
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