Exclusive: Government steps back from pledge to hit A&E target

By James Illman2024-12-05T17:25:00

The government has refused to reaffirm its pledge to return the NHS to hitting the four-hour A&E standard by the end of this parliament after a spokesman admitted to HSJ “we cannot do everything at once”.

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