Rishi Sunak defends plan to tackle NHS crisis
Rishi Sunak on Monday defended his plan to tackle the crisis in NHS urgent and emergency care, insisting it would deliver “the largest and fastest-ever improvement in emergency waiting times in the NHS’s history”.
Speaking at a hospital in Darlington, the prime minister responded to criticism that the blueprint aspired only to reduce ambulance response times to 30 minutes for category two call-outs, which can include suspected heart attacks and strokes, despite the official NHS target being 18 minutes.
Noting the pressures on the health service caused by the worst winter for flu for about a decade, Sunak said the government would work towards restoring response times to pre-pandemic levels “after next year”.
This story originally appeared on: Financial Times - Author:Sarah Neville
