WAITING LISTS ON INCREASE; Health `broken promises' rap.

Birmingham Evening Mail (England);  February 19, 1998 ;     254 words ......expected to show a sharp rise in NHS waiting lists. The Liberal Democrats have predicted...increase in numbers of patients on waiting lists could be as much as 50,000. Health...to breaking its election pledge on waiting lists. A Liberal Democrat spokesman said...

WAITING LISTS ON INCREASE Health `broken promises' rap

Evening Mail;  February 19, 1998 ;     255 words ......expected to show a sharp rise in NHS waiting lists. The Liberal Democrats have predicted...increase in numbers of patients on waiting lists could be as much as 50,000. Health...to breaking its election pledge on waiting lists. A Liberal Democrat spokesman said...

Waiting lists still being fiddled, says SNP

The Scotsman;  December 24, 2001 ;     479 words ......under renewed pressure on hospital waiting lists last night after it was claimed the...Auditor General into the management of waiting lists. However, the Scottish National Party...treatment are on deferred, or "hidden" waiting lists. It was also alleged in a Sunday newspaper...

NHS waiting lists slashed - but Sam's still under fire.(News)

Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland);  November 17, 1998 ;     331 words ......revealed the biggest drop in hospital waiting lists for 10 years - and immediately came...Minister Sam Galbraith announced that waiting lists had been slashed by 3800 in the three...to keep Labour's promise to get the waiting lists back to the figure they inherited from...

ROUND-CLOCK OPS TO SLASH WAITING LISTS BY 100,000.(News)

The Mirror (London, England);  March 19, 1998 ;     287 words ......yesterday pledged to slash hospital waiting lists by 100,000 over the next 12 months...weekends and Bank Holiday to cut down waiting lists. Hospitals will have set targets and...deliver what patients want most - shorter waiting lists. It should result in the biggest ever...

Scots hospital waiting lists reach 2-year low

Evening News - Scotland;  August 13, 1998 ;     520 words ...HOSPITAL waiting lists in Scotland have fallen for the first...patients was nowhere near enough to take waiting lists back to the level they were at when Labour came to power last May. Waiting lists soared to an all-time high of over...

Sharp fall in waiting lists

Evening News - Scotland;  April 8, 1999 ;     472 words ...HOSPITAL waiting lists in Lothian have fallen by more than...people on in-patient and day-case waiting lists fell by nearly 28 per cent -well...staff for their efforts to cut the waiting lists. Trust chairman Barry Sealey said...

Hit squad to cut hospital waiting lists

The Scotsman;  March 20, 1998 ;     616 words ......Government to tackle record hospital waiting lists in Scotland. Sam Galbraith, the Scottish...stick" approach would be taken to lower waiting lists to pre- election levels, using the...proposals. In addition, trusts which cut waiting lists will be rewarded with a share of a...

'We'll slash waiting lists in Scottish hospitals'

Evening News - Scotland;  March 19, 1998 ;     592 words ......attack" on Scotland's soaring hospital waiting lists. Sam Galbraith unveiled a GBP 44.5...the pioneering strategy would slash waiting lists by around 3500 by April next year...would be used, he said plans to hit waiting lists would include: Urgently asking health...

OPINION: Longer waiting lists mean more patients suffering and...

Sunday Mirror (London, England);  September 30, 2001 ;     700 words ......within the last two weeks show that waiting lists for medical treatment in Northern Ireland...have no doubt that the increase in waiting lists is causing unnecessary suffering and...statistics in the Press about the rise in waiting lists - but behind every figure and statistic...

Galbraith's action plan to cut record waiting lists

The Scotsman;  March 19, 1998 ;     700+ words ......measures to tackle record hospital waiting lists in Scotland are to be unveiled today...target of next April to reduce hospital waiting lists in England by 100,000 as promised by...outside assistance" would be taken. Waiting lists across the UK are at an all-time high...

NHS waiting lists up 50,000, say Liberals.

The Birmingham Post (England);  February 19, 1998 ;     207 words ......Democrats last night predicted that NHS waiting lists could be up by nearly 50,000 when figures...to breaking its election pledge on waiting lists. A Liberal Democrat spokesman said last night that studies indicated that waiting lists rise when the growth-rate of NHS funding...

NSW: Hospital waiting lists back to haunt Carr

AAP General News (Australia);  January 17, 2003 ;     352 words ...00-00-0000 NSW: Hospital waiting lists back to haunt Carr By Jim Hanna...number of people on hospital waiting lists by reclassifying them. There...to try and make it look as if waiting lists were lower. In the leadup to...

Qld: Waiting lists "dropped off the radar" - inquiry

AAP General News (Australia);  August 25, 2005 ;     527 words ......General News (Australia) 08-25-2005 Qld: Waiting lists "dropped off the radar" - inquiry By...reneged on a promise to resolve "hidden" waiting lists at hospitals statewide because the...that her investigations into hospital waiting lists "reveals a massive unofficial list...

UK GOVERNMENT: Waiting lists fall by 45,000 -- supertanker turns.

M2 Presswire;  August 27, 1998 ;     428 words ......PRESSWIRE-27 August 1998-UK GOVERNMENT: Waiting lists fall by 45,000 -- supertanker turns...COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:260898 -- NHS waiting lists falling faster than ever before Hospital waiting lists have fallen by over 45,000 over the...