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NHS staff should not be forced to work over Christmas to publish A&E waiting time figures, Jeremy Hunt has said, amid claims of a festive “news blackout”.
Shadow health secretary Andy Burnham insisted it was “simply unacceptable” for the publication of A&E data, including waiting times, to be suspended from tomorrow for three weeks over the “crucial” Christmas period.
But the health secretary accused Labour of caring more about political opportunity than patients, as he said the data was never published during the period.
Asking an urgent question in the Commons, Burnham told Hunt: “Given we know the figures are still being collected, there is absolutely no reason why it should not be published.
http://www.theguardian.com/society/2014/dec/18/jeremy-hunt-denies-festive-nhs-news-blackout
Shadow health secretary Andy Burnham insisted it was “simply unacceptable” for the publication of A&E data, including waiting times, to be suspended from tomorrow for three weeks over the “crucial” Christmas period.
But the health secretary accused Labour of caring more about political opportunity than patients, as he said the data was never published during the period.
Asking an urgent question in the Commons, Burnham told Hunt: “Given we know the figures are still being collected, there is absolutely no reason why it should not be published.
http://www.theguardian.com/society/2014/dec/18/jeremy-hunt-denies-festive-nhs-news-blackout