Waiting times for hospital treatment in England hit key target, figures show

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May 14, 2026 - 15:16
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Waiting times for hospital treatment in England hit key target, figures show

Outgoing health secretary declares Labour’s ‘plan for the NHS is working’, though experts question how goal was reached

Hospitals in England have hit a key target for improving the time it takes patients to get treatment, which prompted Wes Streeting to declare that Labour’s “plan for the NHS is working” before departing as health secretary.

Streeting had told the NHS to ensure that hospitals treated at least 65% of patients within 18 weeks by the end of March. New NHS England figures published on Thursday showed that hospitals did so, treating 65.3% of people on the NHS waiting list within that timeframe in March. Continue reading...

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