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Article: UK GOVERNMENT: Record 39,700 drop in waiting lists delivers NHS promise one month early.
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- March 30, 1999
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M2 PRESSWIRE-30 March 1999-UK GOVERNMENT: Record 39,700 drop in waiting lists delivers NHS promise one month early (C)1994-99 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD
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* NHS waiting lists ARE shorter as Dobson signals major drive on out-patients
The total number of people on NHS waiting lists fell during February by a record 39,700 to 1,119,700 - the lowest figure since December 1996.
The staff of the National Health Service have delivered one month early on the Government's promise that, by April, the total number of people on NHS waiting lists would be lower than the figure the Government inherited. NHS waiting lists are now 38,000 ...