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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Samuel Lovett

‘No quick cure’ to current A&E crisis, health secretary Sajid Javid tells NHS leaders

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Health secretary Sajid Javid has said there is no “quick cure” to the current A&E crisis, which has seen patients waiting up to 12 hours a day for treatment across the country.

Speaking at an NHS conference, Mr Javid also warned that “the answer to all the challenges that we face … cannot be more money”, as he insisted that continuing increases in healthcare spending are “neither sustainable, desirable or necessary”.

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