The UK's Labour Party pledges to halve the NHS backlog within 5 years if elected, aiming to reduce the 7.5 million waiting list. Shadow Health Secretary Wes Streeting emphasizes the need for reform and increased capacity in the healthcare system.
Great to be in Abergavenny this morning with @Keir_Starmer & @DavidLammy for the Welsh first steps launch. To have Labour Governments in both Westminster and Cardiff Bay, we need Monmouthshire red and @CatherineFookes elected End chaos and division - vote Labour on July 4th. https://t.co/Zgdi5e82vW
UK Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer will make his first general election campaign visit to Wales on Thursday https://t.co/HQsXL36Owk
First class @WelshLabour launch - @Keir_Starmer & @vaughangething have the vision with our 6 pledges to deliver change and progress for the people of Wales. https://t.co/5aZ9APTXMA
'Every proposal that we put on the table is fully costed and fully funded' Sir Keir Starmer launched his party's campaign in Wales this morning, laying out six steps to 'change Wales' Listen below ⏬ https://t.co/PAiZ4D1jU3 📺 Sky 501, Virgin 602, Freeview 233 and YouTube https://t.co/385LFQf8i4
'This is the chance to end the chaos and rebuild our entire country together.' Sir Keir Starmer launches the Labour Party campaign in Wales. https://t.co/PAiZ4D1jU3 📺 Sky 501, Virgin 602, Freeview 233 and YouTube https://t.co/Xuy2Jb41lz
Step One: Economic Stability "That's what we haven't had, stability." Sir Keir Starmer is launching is party's 'Six Steps to Change Wales' as part of his election campaign. https://t.co/tj4C37HzNc 📺 Sky 501, Virgin 602, Freeview 233 and YouTube https://t.co/e2l9i7rIsR
"This is a huge prize, to elect a government that wants devolution to work" Sir Keir Starmer tells the crowd in Monmouthsire, Wales. He adds the election is a chance to "end chaos and division". https://t.co/LzoAE99mJu 📺 Sky 501, Virgin 602, Freeview 233 and YouTube https://t.co/SxsdmSvY3k
'This is the chance to end the chaos and rebuild our entire country together.' Sir Kier Starmer launches the Labour Party campaign in Wales. https://t.co/PAiZ4D1jU3 📺 Sky 501, Virgin 602, Freeview 233 and YouTube https://t.co/v85A16oykj
Watch @Keir_Starmer launch Labour’s first steps for Wales LIVE👇 https://t.co/cnvi5rDiiF
Watch @KeirStarmer launch Labour’s first steps for Wales LIVE👇 https://t.co/cnvi5rDiiF
Watch my speech to launch Labour’s six steps for Wales. https://t.co/kkypA2HJMh
Keir Starmer is here in Monmouthshire today, alongside the beleaguered First Minister Vaughan Gething - he’s on all the promotional posters so they clearly don’t think he’s going anywhere… https://t.co/lApVsEjrXc
Watch live: Labour's six steps to change Wales. https://t.co/rR2RlSvBlA
Labours six first steps but make is Welsh 🏴 Good morning from Abergavenny on the election campaign trail - Starmer wants to stay on message with his pledges, but could face some tricky questions today on the treatment of prospective candidates https://t.co/VSONsJ6d5N
Sir Keir Starmer promises to cut waits in Labour-run Welsh NHS https://t.co/ODveQVm5oP
Labour’s shadow health secretary Wes Streeting has claimed there are 7.5 million people on the NHS waiting list ✍️: @ellapickover https://t.co/phKwXJkfZY
Starmer pledges to cut waits in Labour-run Welsh NHS https://t.co/51D0VziUXs
"We know that we are going to inherit an NHS that is really struggling." Shadow minister for social care @GwynneMP says they will send in "crack teams" to "work at cutting NHS waiting lists from day one of a Labour government". #PoliticsHub https://t.co/GlTNastFii 📺 Sky 501 https://t.co/qOJlDXPTYV
"On 4 July, it is crucial that people don't give the matches back to the arsonists." Shadow Health Secretary Wes Streeting says the Tories have "broken" the NHS - and says Labour will get waiting list times down. https://t.co/W69DZeddvx
Labour's Sir @Keir_Starmer and his shadow health secretary, @WesStreeting, are speaking to a party of activists in the West Midlands. Mr Streeting has outlined Labour's six first steps if they won the general election ⏬ Latest: https://t.co/GbXFXEXTeR 📺 Sky 501 https://t.co/MFI4PoVXTE
Watch live as @Keir_Starmer and shadow health secretary @wesstreeting detail plans to cut NHS waiting lists on a visit to the West Midlands https://t.co/MVDWNRDhik
'We'd be the generation that rebuilt the NHS from the worst crisis in history...' @wesstreeting explains why it's Labour's 'day one priority' to solve the 'madness' of GPs struggling to find jobs while people are finding it difficult to get appointments. https://t.co/reSbywZsWz
The Labour campaign bus rolls into Worcester! Keir Starmer and Wes Streeting due to speak about their plans for the NHS. https://t.co/NJLHcaRTbc
Top think-tank pours scorn on Labour plan to slash NHS waiting lists and warns they won't be able to afford it - but shadow health secretary Wes Streeting urges voters 'not to give the matches back to the arsonists' as he trashes Tory record https://t.co/sSuB0VNez1 https://t.co/N4DCpA9wC1
The NHS is on the ballot on July 4th. 5 more years of the Tories and waiting lists will hit 10 MILLION. Labour has a plan to clear the backlog and get patients seen on time. Vote for change. https://t.co/oHnsvzLUoe
Labour's Wes Streeting said the party "wasn't ready" in 1997 to drive down waiting lists and they will make better use of the "independent sector" spare capacity to deliver on NHS terms "so they don't have to worry about the bill" Says Tories have failed on driving down NHS…
"The challenge that we face today is greater than in 1997 but, and I say this with respect to the 1997 generation, we're better prepared." Shadow Health Secretary Wes Streeting tells @JustinOnWeb about Labour's plan to use private companies to help cut waiting lists. #R4Today
‘Labour delivered the shortest waiting times and the highest patient satisfaction ever when we were in government, we did it before we will do it again!' Shadow Health Secretary, Wes Streeting, declares Labour's plan to bring an extra 40,000 appointments each week to the NHS. https://t.co/w2RixkejBe
Hospital waiting lists would nearly halve over the next five years under a pledge from Sir Keir Starmer to make clearing the NHS backlog the “first step” of his government ⬇️ https://t.co/X6A2GvDcNn
Shadow Health and Social Care Secretary @wesstreeting joins @KayBurley to discuss how Labour plan to bring an end to the Conservatives’ NHS waiting list backlog ⬇️ 🕖 From 9.15am 📲 https://t.co/FPF3KFq9a1 📺 Sky 501, Virgin 602, Freeview 233 and YouTube
Wes Streeting tells the Guardian the NHS risks becoming “a poor service for poor people” as Labour pledge to clear the whole 3.2m list of people waiting 18 weeks or more in 5 years. https://t.co/gnlLRHGKbQ
Labour’s Wes Streeting talks tougher about reforming the NHS and how £168bn is spent, including greater use of the private sector, than any Conservative Health Minister. That’ll terrify some, cheer others.
It’s health day in Labour land and I’m back on the election trail with Starmer and co for @theipaper He and Wes Streeting are to set out their five-year plan to clear the NHS backlog of patients waiting #generalelection https://t.co/tkWjTz5Baq
'The NHS is in crisis in every part of the United Kingdom' On #BBCBreakfast Shadow Health Secretary Wes Streeting was asked about Labour's record in Wales as he pledges most NHS patients in England will start treatment within 18 weeks by 2029 https://t.co/eJryvEKgdm https://t.co/Wy8WPwefZH
Labour's £1.4billion vow to wipe NHS backlog in London in five years https://t.co/vc4Jm4fOuh
Labour pledges to halve National Health Service backlog in 5 years in UK vote bid https://t.co/yPUjhGyTdS via @Joe_Mayes https://t.co/1UhwlhQ5YR
The Labour Party is promising to cut the NHS waiting list backlog of 7.5 million people within 5 years should they win the general election. Meanwhile the Conservatives have pledged to create 100,000 new apprenticeships a year by ending, what they call, 'rip off degrees'. https://t.co/rjJVcCqqMn
Starmer reveals Labour’s five-year plan to clear NHS backlog https://t.co/bHFq1C6azK
🔴 Wes Streeting: I will outdo Blair to clear NHS backlog https://t.co/gevv0Lf9yF
The UK’s main opposition Labour Party said it would almost halve the current backlog of people waiting for treatment in the National Health Service during its first term in office https://t.co/DBCvfagivB via @bpolitics @BloombergUK @Joe_Mayes
🚨 NEW: Labour has promised that within their first 5 years, you will be able to get NHS treatment within 18 weeks [@BBCNews]
The UK’s main opposition Labour Party said it would almost halve the current backlog of people waiting for treatment in the National Health Service during its first term in office https://t.co/1lrBCfGwgZ