Month: December 2024

Mental health waiting time targets have been breached more than 168,000 times since they were introduced a decade ago, Scottish Liberal Democrat leader Alex Cole-Hamilton has said. Figures obtained by the party through freedom of information requests show the 18-week waiting time target for two types of treatment was missed 168,128 times since it was introduced in 2014. Performance against the target is meant to be at 90%, although this […]

Sir Keir Starmer will set out a “plan for change” with milestones set in key policy areas to achieve the targets laid out in Labour’s manifesto, Downing Street has said. The Prime Minister will this week kick off what he has called the “next phase” of Government, as he announces the markers for his “missions” that Number 10 say will allow the public to hold Sir Keir and his team […]