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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Jane Kirby

NHS set to miss key targets, including on cancer, MPs say

PA Wire

The NHS in England will miss key targets for recovery of the health service, including treating people for cancer, MPs have said in a damning report.

The cross-party Public Accounts Committee said the plan for tackling Covid backlogs, set out by NHS England and the Government last year, was already “falling short” and was based on “over-optimistic” assumptions about low levels of Covid and minimal pressure on the health service this winter.

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