Government will be ‘incredibly lucky’ if current elective care plan works

By Matt Discombe2026-06-09T11:37:00

The government and NHS England is wrong to think that improvements in productivity, and not increased funding, will result in shorter elective waiting lists, the leader of the NHS Alliance has claimed.

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