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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
Politics
Jane Kirby

NHS waiting list falls as Streeting says health service ‘on road to recovery’

Health Secretary Wes Streeting visited Paddington Community Diagnostic Centre in Liverpool on Thursday (Peter Byrne/PA) - (PA Wire)

The waiting list for routine hospital treatment in England has fallen slightly, with Health Secretary Wes Streeting saying the NHS is “now on the road to recovery”.

The overall waiting list for planned treatment rose in June, July and August but new figures show it fell in September.

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