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Extra two million NHS appointments in Labour's first five months, figures show

Sky News Sunday, 16 February 2025
Extra two million NHS appointments in Labour's first five months, figures showSir Keir Starmer has hailed a "milestone" in his plan to fix the NHS as figures show an extra two million appointments were delivered during Labour's first five months in office.
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News video: Government delivers 2m NHS appointments but ‘more to do’

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Health Secretary Wes Streeting says the government has delivered on its manifesto promise of two million extra NHS appointments but adds “there is a hell of a lot more to do” to bring down waiting times and deal with a “wide range of pressures in the NHS”. NHS England figures show that...

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