Wes Streeting says NHS trusts will be 'named and shamed' on league tables over patient care.
A county's hospital has the second highest number of patients waiting at least 18 months for pre-planned treatment in England.
Wes Streeting, the Health and Social Care Secretary, previously said failing hospitals will be "named and shamed" in league tables and NHS managers sacked if they cannot improve patient care. However, Rob Assall, the CQC director of operations in the East of England, said since the visit there had been improvements.The figures showed that as of the end of September there were 2,703 patients in England who had been waiting at least 18 months to begin NHS hospital treatment.
There were 249,343 patients in England as of the end of September who were waiting at least a year to start treatment.
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