Alan Johnson, the health secretary, was accused of jumping the gun yesterday when he claimed that the NHS in England had achieved its objective of reducing the maximum wait for treatment to 18 weeks. He said the service hit the target for the first time in August, when patients were treated faster than at any time in the NHS’s 60-year history. He coupled the claim with evidence from the Health Protection Agency that the number of cases of Clostridium difficile infection in the three months to June was 38% less than in the same period last year.
Additional StoriesWaiting times at record low as NHS hits target five months early - The Independent 24th October 2008
NHS makes good progress on waits - BBC Health News 23rd October 2008
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