Response from London

“I will set new goals to remove the old“, In a simple and at the same time confused language of the British Ministry of Health of Wes Strink, who wants and must manage the huge waiting lists of the National Health System of England, known as NHS.

British citizens just seem to wait for the results of a negotiation – which is clearly concerned with them – but only between two, the government and NHS officials. According to a report by the Times, this new plan for 2025–2026 will be released on Tuesday and will reduce half of the 32 total targets set to restructure NHS for the current financial year.

Double the chance of death if the patient waits over 12 hours

The situation currently in the British waiting lists is typical. 7.48 million patients are still waiting for tests or routine surgeries but even for cancer and other serious illnesses, with about 3.06 million waiting for more than 18 weeks.

Just on Friday, an analysis of official data shows the tragic effects of waiting in the emergency departments. According to them, it may even contribute to 1,100 deaths per week and for the first time they have shown that waiting for a patient more than 12 hours in emergency doubles the risk of death within a month.

The Health Foundation thoughts analyzed data from the National Statistical Service (ONS) and concluded that delays in treatments were linked to an additional 57,000 deaths last year, number three times higher than initial estimates. Prime Minister Kir Starmer, however, has so far pledged that 92% of patients undergoing routine interventions will be served within 18 weeks, promising to reduce the waiting for non -emergencies.

It is not enough for additional funding of labor government

On the practice, however, what seems to do by Health Minister Wes Strinking is to reduce the goals very much. For example, one target was 95% of patients admitted to emergency serves within four hours. Now the bar will fall to 78% with a not big difference from the 74% recorded currently. At the same time, to provide cancer treatment within two months the target is reduced to 75% of patients, from 85% of the original official target.

However, a government source wanted to defend these new measures by stating that, “if everything is a priority, no one manages as such.” Indeed, according to the same statement, “the excessive number of goals stifles the immediate innovation and reform we want and will not behave in health heads as children by doing micro -management.” On the other hand, however, NHS chiefs have stressed that additional funding of the labor government is not enough as the £ 22 billion has already been used to cover salaries agreed last year.