Politicians beware: The NHS will never again meet the four-hour A&E target

Alastair McLellan 2023 cutout

The English NHS as a whole will never again achieve the target contained in the NHS constitution to admit or discharge 95 per cent of A&E attendees within four hours. In an election year, politicians of all colours, as well as NHS leaders, need to be overtly honest about this.

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