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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Health
Ella Pickover

Briton’s top NHS priority revealed amid falling confidence in government’s health service policy

The government’s flagship NHS policy is at odds with what the general public view as a top priority, a new poll suggests.

Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer’s “plan for change” pledged that by July 2029, 92 per cent of patients will be seen within 18 weeks for routine hospital treatment such as hip and knee replacements.

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