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Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt has been warned by the UK's statistics watchdog over claims he made about accident and emergency waiting times in England.
Sir Andrew Dilnot said Mr Hunt was wrong to claim in the Commons that median waiting times to be seen in A&E departments had halved since 2010.
He said the health secretary "may wish to take advice on whether he should correct the parliamentary record".
Labour said that Mr Hunt had been "found out making dodgy claims".
But a government spokesperson said it had "simply been a slip of the tongue on Mr Hunt's part and that the numbers used by him and the prime minister were accurate".
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-28547592
Sir Andrew Dilnot said Mr Hunt was wrong to claim in the Commons that median waiting times to be seen in A&E departments had halved since 2010.
He said the health secretary "may wish to take advice on whether he should correct the parliamentary record".
Labour said that Mr Hunt had been "found out making dodgy claims".
But a government spokesperson said it had "simply been a slip of the tongue on Mr Hunt's part and that the numbers used by him and the prime minister were accurate".
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-28547592