The Labour party has said that if it wins the next general election it will deliver two million extra NHS appointments a year—equivalent to almost 40,000 a week. It says these will be delivered in ...

the health service delivered almost 2.2 million more elective care appointments compared with the same period the previous year. This includes for chemotherapy, radiotherapy, endoscopy ...

when there were almost 2.2 million more elective care appointments compared to the same period in 2023, the government said. That period was affected by doctor strikes, however, which would have ...

THE NHS carried out two million more appointments in the second half of last year than the same period in 2023, Downing Street has said. Labour claimed a victory for its plans to bust the waiting ...

It said this would help to “cut NHS waiting times”. It also expressed this as a pledge for 40,000 more appointments a week, as 40,000 multiplied by the 52 weeks in a year makes about two million. On ...