Starmer's NHS waiting list plan - will it work?
Lack of staff and money could make it difficult for government to achieve its aims.
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Streeting says he is ashamed of NHS winter problems
The health secretary sees patients left crying and distressed, as hospitals declare critical incidents.BBC News - 4h -
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Starmer Hits Back at Musk
PM attacks those “spreading lies” on grooming gangs.BBC News - 1d -
‘Evolution not revolution’: Can the private sector help cut NHS waiting lists?
Keir Starmer has vowed to make better use of existing capacity to reduce massive backlogFinancial Times - 1d -
Start the rebuilding work, Keir Starmer, and show us you’re different to the last bunch of cowboys | Isabel Hardman
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Cash incentives for GPs under Labour’s radical plan to cut NHS waiting lists
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NHS, education, housebuilding . . . Labour’s progress so far and its plans for 2025
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