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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Health
Rebecca Thomas

Top doctor warns deaths will rise this winter after A&E target left off Labour milestones

Patient deaths will increase this winter, a leading A&E medic has warned, after the government neglected emergency care in its flagship plan.

On Thursday, prime minister Sir Keir Starmer unveiled the government’s “plan for change” outlining six milestones he hopes to achieve. This included a pledge to meet the NHS standard of 92 per cent of patients in England waiting no longer than 18 weeks for elective treatment.

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