Andy Burnham MP, Labour’s Shadow Health Secretary, responding to the Department of Health’s announcement on operation waiting times and A&E pressures, said:

“David Cameron has lost control of what’s happening in the NHS. These panic measures are a sign of how low the NHS has sunk on his watch.

"It’s unprecedented to have to throw money at a summer A&E crisis.

"This is more proof you can’t trust the Tories with the NHS.”