Government ‘must rethink NHS waiting times targets to move care closer to home’

Government ‘must rethink NHS waiting times targets to move care closer to home’

The King’s Fund charity has called for a shift in how cash is spent to drive care into the community.

Momentous boost for patients as over 100,000 extra treated on time since Labour came into government - Your Harlow

MORE than 100,000 extra patients have been treated on time since July as the Government delivers on its Plan for Change to slash waiting lists. Around 106,000 more patients – greater than the capacity of Wembley stadium – received surgery or other admitted treatment within 18 weeks of referral between July 2024 and February 2025 compared to the year before – a 7.4 per cent increase. The figures published this week show that the Government is del…

Labour’s NHS Plan for Change

The NHS is broken not beaten. Labour promised change, and we’ve made a good start providing the two million extra appointments we pledged seven months early. But there is a lot more to do, so through our Plan for Change we are: Delivering faster NHS treatment through our reforms to elective care, to cut NHS waiting times from 18 months to 18 weeks; Investing nearly £26 billion from the Budget to support delivery of 40,000 extra appointments eac…

North Shropshire MP questions future of support for local hospital trust

North Shropshire's MP has called for confirmation that government help will continue for hospital trusts in Shrewsbury and Telford.

Funding and focus must shift to general practice to revolutionise patient care

The RCGP responds to new report from the King’s Fund calling for the rebalancing of NHS funding towards primary and community services.

GPs need larger share of NHS cash and fewer hoops to jump through, says think tank

The government should set clear milestones for moving more NHS funding into primary care and simplify the GP contract to deliver plans for more healthcare outside hospitals, a think tank has warned.