Rise in NHS waiting lists: Sunak needs to apologise to patients for record of failure

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Responding to the latest figures showing NHS waiting lists have risen to 7.6 million, Liberal Democrat Health Spokesperson Daisy Cooper said: 

“Rishi Sunak needs to apologise to the public for his failure to get NHS waiting lists down instead of ducking responsibility.

“The Prime Minister getting booed by the public over soaring waiting lists last night shows just how angry people are with his record of failure. This adds to the long list of broken Conservative promises on the NHS from hospitals that were never built to GPs who were never recruited. 

“Millions of patients are being failed dismally under this Conservative government, left waiting in pain for the treatment they need. Every vote for the Liberal Democrats is a vote to kick the Conservatives out of power and fix the damage they’ve done to the NHS."

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