Pledge to reduce NHS backlog has been broken, Steve Barclay admits

Pledge to reduce NHS backlog has been broken, Steve Barclay admits NHS in England missed target that patients waiting 18 months for an operation would be treated by April

A key government pledge to reduce the size of the NHS’s record-breaking care backlog has been broken, the health secretary has admitted.

Steve Barclay slipped out the news in a Commons statement on Tuesday about a totally unrelated area of NHS policy – his new plan to improve access to GP care. The Guardian