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Mr. Hancock
To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will make a statement on waiting times in emergency departments. [104235]
Mr. Lammy
Cutting waiting time in accident and emergency departments to improve the patient experience is a top priority for the national health service. The NHS Plan target is that no patient should wait over four hours in A&E from December 2004.
The NHS is engaged in a widespread programme of reform to deliver this, supported by the major £30 million Modernisation Agency emergency care collaborative programme.