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Article: NHS takes next step in tackling hidden waiting lists.
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- February 21, 2006
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M2 PRESSWIRE-21 February 2006-UK Government: NHS takes next step in tackling hidden waiting lists(C)1994-2006 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD
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Health Minister Rosie Winterton today announced the next step in helping the NHS deliver the fastest ever access to NHS hospital treatment.
Eight 'pioneer' health communities have been chosen to help the NHS deliver a maximum wait of 18 weeks from GP referral to treatment.
The pioneers will kick off their work by developing simple and effective ways of measuring referral to treatment times - capturing everything including hidden waits for diagnostics. From there, they will look at how they ...