It took the PM's intervention to break the deadlock with nurses and ambulance workers. If he wants to rescue the NHS before the next election, he'll need to step in again
When Rishi Sunak returns from his family holiday he may want to review the five pledges he made to voters at the start of the year. Despite some signs of optimism, the economy continues to sulk in the doldrums and the number of peopleIt is the Prime Minister’s pledge to cut NHS waiting lists, however, that seems to be the furthest out of reach., with more than 100,000 people added since a month ago.
, potentially having to take many months off work. And so it is not only a burden on people’s health and on the overstretched NHS, but economic productivity will be taking a hit – not a good thing when the economy is already teetering on the edge of recession. The PM has blamed strikes by NHS workers for the backlog. NHS England says 778,000 operations have been cancelled or delayed due to industrial action.
But if Mr Sunak’s argument is that strikes are fuelling record high waiting list numbers, the first thing he should do, as soon as he steps off his plane from California, is to order Health Secretary Steve Barclay to settle the dispute with the British Medical Association. It took prime ministerial intervention to break the deadlock with unions representing nurses and ambulance workers. If he wants to rescue the NHS before the next election the only way to meet his pledge on waiting lists is to
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