Health secretary outlines changes to how waiting times are reported, while two targets will be abolished – prompting Labour claims of ‘moving the goalposts’
Two key NHS waiting time targets are to be abolished and the way in which performance results are reported will be overhauled, the health secretary, Jeremy Hunt, has announced. He said a “much more consistent approach” was needed.
Speaking at the NHS Confederation’s annual conference in Liverpool, Hunt referred to a letter written by NHS England’s national medical director, Sir Bruce Keogh, which said a “confusing set of standards” was leading to “perverse incentives” regarding the 18-week target for patients to receive treatment from the date they are referred by their GP.
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