Pledge to reduce NHS backlog has been broken, Steve Barclay admits
by Denis Campbell Health policy editor from World news | The Guardian on (#6BKN7)
NHS in England missed target that patients waiting 18 months for an operation would be treated by April
A key government pledge to reduce the size of the NHS's record-breaking care backlog has been broken, the health secretary has admitted.
Steve Barclay slipped out the news in a Commons statement on Tuesday about a totally unrelated area of NHS policy - his new plan to improve access to GP care.
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