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Article: Labor Hails Hospital Waiting List Drop in England
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- Xinhua News Agency
- Article date:
- May 11, 2001
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Britain's ruling Labor party said on Friday that it has exceeded
its pledge to reduce hospital waiting lists in England.
Health Secretary Alan Milburn said the number of people waiting
for surgical operations had fallen by 26,000 in the first three
months of the year.
This, he noted, meant Labor had met its 1997 election pledge to
reduce hospital waiting lists by 100,000. The figure now stands at
1,006,600 compared with 1,158,000 when the party came to power.
Milburn said the figures, released on Friday, showed that Labor
was delivering on the National Health Service (NHS) - a claim hotly
disputed by the Conservatives and Liberal Democrats.
The opposition parties suggest that Labor's focus ...