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27/01/2012
A&E Waiting Times 'Stark Warning'
The Labour Party have said A&E waiting time figures are a "stark warning", claiming the health service is in "increasing distress".
Speaking after the release of new A&E waiting times figures, Labour's Shadow Health Secretary, Andy Burnham MP, said: “On what is already a difficult day for the Government, attempting to shore up support for its faltering Health Bill, we now have yet another sign that the NHS is being pushed to the edge of a cliff by David Cameron.
“One of the Health Secretary's first acts on taking office was to downgrade Labour's firm grip on A&E waiting times. Now the Government has even missed its own lower target. Labour
"This is exactly what we warned would happen when they relaxed waiting times targets and launched the biggest top-down costly reorganisation of the NHS. This is a stark warning from a health service in increasing distress”.
(DW)
Speaking after the release of new A&E waiting times figures, Labour's Shadow Health Secretary, Andy Burnham MP, said: “On what is already a difficult day for the Government, attempting to shore up support for its faltering Health Bill, we now have yet another sign that the NHS is being pushed to the edge of a cliff by David Cameron.
“One of the Health Secretary's first acts on taking office was to downgrade Labour's firm grip on A&E waiting times. Now the Government has even missed its own lower target. Labour
"This is exactly what we warned would happen when they relaxed waiting times targets and launched the biggest top-down costly reorganisation of the NHS. This is a stark warning from a health service in increasing distress”.
(DW)
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