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Keir Starmer in an election campaign of the Labor Party
Also in the United Kingdom, health is theme. The reduction of waiting times announced by the Government of Keir Strmer is denied by the data revealed now.
Here as there: reduce the waiting times At the United Kingdom National Health Service (NHS – National Health Service) were a priority for the candidate Keir Starmer, now Prime Minister.
In February of this year, the government of the Labor Party announced that it had already achieved 2 million increase of markings (between consultations, exams or operations) in the first five months after elections. Much on the basis of night work and the weekend.
The government made a self-student, remembering that it intended to reach this goal (2 million extra markings per year) at the end of one year of legislature. Like this, got that number 7 months before of the announced.
At the time, he presented official numbers: NHS England showed that between July and November 2024, the health service performed almost more 2.2 million consultations compared to the same period of the previous year.
But the rhythm is not announced by the government.
The show on Saturday that, after all, the increase in the number of markings until It was bigger when Rishi Sunak (Conservative Party) was prime minister.
Full Fact figures, an independent factual verification organization, show that between July last year and February this year, there was an increase in 3.6 million consultations in NHS; This under this government. But between July 2023 and February 2024, under the government of Sunak, there was an increase in 4.2 million consultations. Always compared to the same period of the previous year.
New statistics also show that Keir Starmer’s goal was not ambitious. The Prime Minister wanted 2 million extra consultations per year, which would be an annual growth of 2,85% – And with Rishi Sunak in power, the annual growth was 10% Last year and 8% two years ago.
Sky News asked (several times) to the current government how it would measure these announced climbs, the electoral promises. Never had an enlightening response.
