Buckinghamshire sees waiting lists drop by 2,083 since the election– as England sees second biggest drop in the waiting list in 15 years
I thank NHS staff in Buckinghamshire for their hard work in continuing to get waiting lists down while seeing a record surge in patients last year, as the Labour government marked a year since the publication of its Elective Reform Plan designed to cut waits.
Across England, the NHS saw the waiting list fall by more than 86,000 in November to 7.31 million, as new data shows staff faced record demand in 2025. The progress came despite the NHS’s busiest ever year, with 27.8 million A&E attendances in 2025 – over 367,000 up on 2024, with 2.33 million attendances in December alone.
In the year since the Elective Reform Plan was launched, Labour have brought in record investment and real modernisation to cut waiting lists – including creating more evening and weekend clinics, new and expanded community diagnostic centres and surgical hubs, crack teams of experts being sent to 20 hospital trusts across England with the highest levels of economic inactivity, and cutting unnecessary appointments by sending patients “straight to test” rather than multiple clinic visits.
Winter pressures continue to persist as hospitals battle the flu. I urge anyone eligible in Wycombe that it’s not too late to take up the flu vaccine to protect themselves and others.
It will be a long road, but Labour is fixing our health service and making it fit for the future and beyond.