Health secretary to consider NHS targets

Name: Health secretary to consider NHS targets
Uploaded: 2018-07-20T20:32:05.000Z
Duration: 22 s
Description: Matt Hancock says he has been asked by the NHS to consider if waiting time targets are clinically appropriate.

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The new health secretary says he has been asked to consider whether NHS waiting time targets are "clinically appropriate".

Speaking to the BBC's Hugh Pym, Matt Hancock said: "Targets to measure performance [are] important, we've just got to make sure that they're the right ones clinically."

20 July 2018