Article: ELECTION 2001: NHS reform pledge as waiting lists hit targets set in 1997.(News)

Article: High targets set for waiting ...
Birmingham Evening Mail (England);  May 16, 2002 ;     366 words ...A BIRMINGHAM hospital has set more stringent waiting list targets for the next 12 months, despite narrowly failing to meet last year's. Good Hope Hospital's inpatient and day care waiting list was more than two per cent higher than the national NHS set target, with 3,590 people waiting for surgery

Article: The hidden agenda; Patients put on 'secret' waiting ...
The Daily Mail (London, England);  July 2, 2005 ;     700+ words ... ... the drive to meet targets set by the Executive ... system of 'deferred waiting lists' for patients ... concerned with managing waiting lists and meeting the targets set for them than with ... spokesman defended the waiting lists and claimed many ...

Article: Hospital waiting lists get longer
Bristol Evening Post;  August 13, 2002 ;     700+ words ... ... the two trusts agreed that the rise in waiting lists did not reflect what was happening in their ... improve the situation. Mr Keets said: "Waiting lists are one of the most challenging targets set by the Government. There are great demands ...

Article: 41,000 ON HOSPITAL WAITING LISTS; 2003 targets ...
The Mirror (London, England);  October 3, 2007 ;     620 words ... ... THERE are more than 41,000 people on waiting lists at 32 Irish hospitals - with 15,000 missing targets set in 2003. The daycare waiting list has ... understanding of what people have to endure on waiting lists. Mr Ahern said he knew the anxiety ...

Article: HOSPITAL WAITING LISTS FALL BY 10%.(News)
Liverpool Echo (Liverpool, England);  February 12, 2005 ;     615 words ... ... LIVERPOOL'S hospital waiting lists have dropped 10% in ... exceeded performance targets set for December 2004 by ... Health Authority with waiting lists 15% lower than predicted ... boasting 39. 9% lower waiting lists than its target and ...

Article: Chisholm in U-turn over waiting lists
Evening News - Scotland;  August 28, 2002 ;     700+ words ... ... abolition of deferred waiting lists and for an end to the ... placed on deferred waiting lists are to be incorporated ... move will affect the targets set by the Executive ... people to Scottish waiting lists and resources must ...

Article: JOBS ALERT OVER NHS WAITING LISTS
Evening Mail;  August 27, 1998 ;     451 words ... ... Midlands has the shortest waiting lists in the country - 116 ... in March. However, waiting lists at the Birmingham Children ... and weekends to hit targets set by Mr Dobson in his ... Labour's pledge to cut waiting lists by 100,000 across ...