Andrew Gwynne MP, Labour’s Shadow Health Minister, commenting on the Government missing its NHS treatment waiting time target for first time since March 2011, said:

“Under David Cameron, waiting lists for operations are at their longest in years.

“David Cameron is responsible for the problems in the NHS. He wasted £3 billion on a damaging reorganisation and patients are paying the price. Labour left NHS waiting times at a record low but on David Cameron’s watch the NHS is heading back to the bad old days with patients waiting months on end for treatment in pain and discomfort.

“This is further proof that Tories cannot be trusted with the NHS.”