Exclusive: Ministers using ‘misleading’ figures to champion waiting list reductions

Wes Streeting

The recent reduction in the waiting list repeatedly cited by ministers as evidence of the NHS’s recovery has given a “misleading” impression to the public about the service’s underlying performance, two leading think tanks have warned.

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