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Why has Labour dropped so many NHS targets?

12 February 2025

1:01 AM

12 February 2025

1:01 AM

Does the Labour government still care about mental health? Recently, it dropped its NHS targets for mental health, along with other targets on dementia diagnoses and women’s health. Today at Health questions in the Commons, ministers were confronted about whether they were still committed to improving treatment for mental illness, given the targets are now gone.

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