Starmer Says Labour Is 'Delivering On Promise To Fix NHS' After Offering 2m More Appointments

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer and Health Secretary Wes Streeting visited the University College London Hospital (UCLH) in September, where they highlighted the NHS delivering almost 2.2 million extra appointments in the first five months of the new government. Starmer praised this achievement as a major win for Labour, promising further reforms for the health service to improve care access and reduce waiting times. NHS England reported over 100,000 additional treatments, tests, and scans per week from July to November, with waiting lists decreasing by almost 160,000 patients since the government was elected, indicating progress towards treating 92% of elective care patients within 18 weeks by the end of the parliament.

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