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Deliver 40,000 More NHS Appointments Each Week

Keir StarmerLabourPrime Minister

Labour pledged to deliver an extra two million NHS operations, scans and appointments per year. This was commonly described as 40,000 more appointments every week, using evenings and weekends and incentivising staff to deliver additional capacity.

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Labour pledged to deliver an extra two million NHS operations, scans and appointments per year. This was commonly described as 40,000 more appointments every week, using evenings and weekends and incentivising staff to deliver additional capacity.

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2024-07-10: The government restated the 40,000 appointments pledge in its First Steps document.

2026-01: Full Fact rated the pledge as achieved, while noting caveats about how meaningful the metric is.

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