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The NHS at 75: Unhappy Birthday? – Politics Weekly UK

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The Dangers of Waiting Lists

Maria Corfield told Sky News that two year waits are coming down. She then went on to say, but look how brilliant we are. And I've had to speak with nurses that have to tell those people that they have to remain on those waiting lists. It's scandalous actually. What is happening? They sound cold and abstract if you're not careful. The actual visceral reality of a lot of people's everyday experience is that they sat in a corridor with an elderly relative for nine hours at a general hospital last week. So one thing instantly shreds the other anyway. Now, let's move on to the Labour Party. West Street in the seemingly inescapable shadow health secretary was

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