Labour have attacked the government accusing them of complacency after shocking figures suggested 250 people were dying needlessly each week due to long wait times. Nick Thomas-Symonds says if in government, Labour will give the NHS an immediate cash injection to bring down wait times. Report by Etemadil. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn
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00:00 This is shocking and the government has been warned repeatedly about the dangerous position that they've been in, in accident and emergency.
00:09 It relates to the overall capacity in the National Health Service and that is why Labour has been saying that we do of course need to reform the National Health Service,
00:20 really focus on prevention, things like artificial intelligence using data, of course,
00:26 a huge collection of data in our National Health Service with of course appropriate safeguards,
00:31 but really focusing on prevention. But also we're committed to that immediate injection of cash as well,
00:38 so that we can really tackle the significant waiting list that exists in our NHS and also double the number of scanners.
00:48 But it seems to me the government is entirely complacent and really doesn't understand the urgency of the situation it finds itself in.