A plan to reduce lengthy wait times in England’s state-run National Health Service for elective and cancer care by 2025 is at risk, a report said on Thursday, as funding falls behind inflation and it faces issues with staffing and productivity.
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The report by the National Audit Office said that NHS England’s targeted pace of recovery in elective and cancer care services was “far from guaranteed, with many risks and challenges threatening to push the recovery further off track.” “Tackling the COVID backlogs is our absolute priority,” a health ministry spokesperson said. “The NHS is making strong progress by slashing waits of 18 months by 60% in a year and virtually eliminating waits of more than two years.”
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