Maria Caulfield claims NHS will be ‘thriving’ in 25 years’ time, and says wait times are shorter despite record 7.4m figure
The NHS waiting list, which stands at a record high as more than 7.4 million people await treatment in England, will “probably go up”, before it goes down, a Conservative minister has acknowledged.
On the 75th anniversary of the NHS’s creation, health leaders, experts and senior politicians have expressed fears that it is facing the “biggest financial squeeze in its history” and may not last another five years.
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Source: The Guardian