I welcomed the 32 per cent fall in the number of patients in our NHS region waiting longer than six months for treatment since the General Election.
The number of patients waiting longer than a year for treatment has also fallen by a staggering 82 per cent since the General Election. Across the county the number of people waiting longer than a year for treatment has fallen by 93 per cent.
This fall in the number of people waiting for treatment in is encouraging news for patients and testament to the hard work and dedication of our doctors and nurses.
These figures again show how serious the Prime Minister is about protecting our NHS and provides more evidence that the action we have taken to improve our NHS is working for the hard working families and vulnerable people who depend on it.
Indeed the number of patients waiting longer than six months for treatment on the NHS in England has been more than halved since David Cameron became Prime Minister. At the time of the General election the number of people waiting more than six months for treatment on the NHS in England was 100,979. Since David Cameron became Prime Minister the number of people waiting more than six months for treatment has fallen to 43,868: A fall of 56 per cent nationally.
The number of patients waiting longer than a year for treatment on the NHS in England has fallen 93 per cent since the General Election. In May 2010 election the number of people waiting more than a year for treatment on the NHS in England was 18,458; now the number of people waiting more than a year for treatment has fallen to 1,147: A fall of 93 per cent.
These results do not come about by accident but are the direct result of the Government increasing the NHS budget, both locally and nationally, every year of this Parliament. In Wales where Labour are in charge of the NHS they have cut the health budget there.
Henry Smith MP