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Evening Standard
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Mary Hazlitt and Rachael Burford

‘We’re cutting NHS waiting times’, claims health minister despite record lists

A minister has claimed the Government is making “good progress” on NHS waiting lists, despite a record numbers of people waiting to start routine hospital treatment in England.

Some 7.6 million people were waiting to start treatment at the end of June, up from 7.5 million in May, according to the NHS England figures.

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