Research shows key NHS targets that have never been met

New research shows that most key NHS targets have been missed for at least seven years across the UK.

The analysis, which focused on the three key hospital targets, covering Accident and Emergency, cancer and waiting times for planned care, showed that combined, the length of time during which the targets have been missed tops 100 years.

Chief analyst at the King’s Fund think tank, Siva Anandaciva, said the findings of the analysis should “act as a wake-up call”, adding “These are the key totemic targets.  The length of time they have been missed is incredible.”

Patient groups warned the delays were putting patients at risk.

Chief executive of the Patients Association Rachel Power, said the analysis showed the NHS was in “permacrisis” and added “The health of many deteriorates while they await treatment and their problems become more complex.”

Professor Philip Banfield, leader of the British Medical Association, said the figures showed the “dire decline” of the NHS during the years of austerity, adding that services were “stretched beyond their limits” across the UK.

He went on to say “Front-line staff are unable to provide the care they’ve trained so hard to undertake and that patients so desperately need.”

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