‘Health week’ can’t hide slow progress on Rishi Sunak’s NHS pledge

‘Health week’ can’t hide slow progress on Rishi Sunak’s NHS pledge The government’s ‘health week’ is the latest summer attempt by No10 to get on the front foot. Ministers are keen to talk up policy initiatives, but this is also an opportunity to evaluate the government’s progress against Rishi Sunak’s promise to “cut NHS waiting lists”. With a general election approaching, there has been little improvement in many of the major indicators across the service and the biggest drag on performance – ongoing industrial action – remains an unresolved problem. The Institute for Government

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