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Labour vows to send teams into hospitals to set up evening and weekend clinics

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Sir Keir Starmer has vowed to cut treatment backlogs, which currently stand at 7.54 million.

Sir Keir Starmer has pledged to tell hospitals from day one of a Labour government to set up evening and weekend clinics to cut NHS waiting lists.

If it wins the General Election, Labour will initially focus on reducing treatment backlogs, which currently stand at 7.54 million. Labour has vowed to create an additional 40,000 appointments, scans and operations each week during evenings and weekends.Sir Keir said he was inspired by Guy’s and St Thomas’ Hospital, where staff had high-intensity theatre lists on weekends up and running within six weeks.

 

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