NAO Health Report: Heart of govt's agenda must be rescuing the NHS

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Responding to the National Audit Office report which said that the 'scale of the challenges facing the NHS today and foreseeable in the years ahead is unprecedented', Liberal Democrat Health and Social Care spokesperson Daisy Cooper MP said:

"Over recent months, we spoke to thousands of voters and the same stories came up time and time again. People are waiting hours for ambulances, weeks for a GP appointment, and months for vital treatments, often in pain and distress.

"The Conservative party has pushed our NHS to breaking point. Their years of neglect and failure have left patients without the care they need and deserve. This report lays out the true extent of the challenge facing the NHS and the new government. 

"Patients and their loved ones urgently need to see major investment in the NHS, to bring down waiting lists and stop dangerous delays. At the heart of this Labour government's agenda must be rescuing the NHS and ending the crisis in social care.”

 ENDS

Notes to Editor:

National Audit Office, 'NHS financial management and sustainability 2024'