Labour has hit NHS appointments target, Keir Starmer says

https://www.thetimes.com/article/8b242b3b-7e6f-4a31-b224-be01d8aeb797?shareToken=7d129fe41b9f61eae5a30083f015acf4

by Half_A_

16 comments

  1. Delightful, my Thyroid appointment in February was rescheduled to May, before that it was October!

  3. Now watch closely as all the right wing/far right suddenly claim
    They actually NHS waiting lists and a high number of people off due to medical issues never really was a big issue and that Labour are still failing because of * Insert any other right wing talking point here*.

  4. “Everyone on the waiting list died waiting, so it’s now down to acceptable levels”

  5. It’s easy to hit the target when the bar is the height of a kitchen top.

  6. *There are lies, damned lies and statistics – Mark Twain.*

    Ever been in the situation where what you are being told doesn’t describe your own experience/situation

    Ah the discounted outliers

  7. Can I “Press X to Doubt” on Starmer’s claim? Because I sure as hell haven’t seen the benefit of Wes Streeting’s NHS reforms, nor have others I’ve known who have gone through the healthcare or dental system.

  8. Reading the comments here, wow people really will hate on Starmer over anything huh

  9. So 2 years for an ENT is good these days huh, or the fact even my consultant who is head of her department can’t even get me in any earlier with a specialist dermatologist. Yep all good lol

  10. What’s up with all those “My own appointment was not pushed earlier, so statistics must be lying” kind of posts?

    what do you think labour could do? Move their magic wand and treat everyone?

    They have done an effort to reduce the backlog and it is paying off. Stop whining for god’s sake.

    In the real world changes are slow and incremental

  11. It’s safe to assume those of you against privatisation have never worked in the NHS. I have had that misfortune. Unfortunately, there are some trust which will not survive without the private industry. Piss poor management, rife incompetence, and awful funding. What else was going to happen?

    We will be very lucky to see if the NHS, as it stands today, in 20-30 years time.

  12. Man Brits complain a lot. What do you want? Instant service even though there is a huge backlog.

  13. My NHS assement has finally materialised! It was a genuine shock. I’m so grateful and scared after the wait that it’s been difficult to look forward and hoping for better outcomes.

  14. And yet people will deny it because their experience doesn’t match lol. Just to add to the ‘personal experience is more valid than statistics’ thing, I can tell its true as my family member with ongoing health issues has been getting appointments at the weirdest times lately, including Sundays. Never happened before.

  15. Basically the 2024-25 financial settlement for the NHS was decided by the Tories, government budgets are not made up on the fly – they were desperate to not lose the next election and that budget allowed for **unlimited** appointments, diagnostics, and operations to be done by hospitals with a guarantee that that would be paid for if certain waiting list time reductions were achieved.

    Labour have not changed or improved on that original plan. They did end the doctors’ strikes Which was an improvement but that does not account for all this improvement which was happening anyway because we were throwing money at the problem

    Alas the _2025-2026_ financial settlement for the NHS is grim for waiting list reduction. They have put a cap on the amount of appointments and operations that will be paid for and also imposed big financial cuts on all parts of the NHS so expect waiting lists to start going back up again from Summer 2025.

  16. I want a better NHS, with less wait times and also I want to pay less tax and have cheaper stuff! Now!

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