Dr Caroline Johnson

Dr Caroline Johnson

Conservative — Sleaford and North Hykeham

Speaking in the House of Commons on 7 January 2025

Debate

NHS Waiting Times

Contribution

Thank you, Mr Deputy Speaker. [Interruption.] I am sorry—that is the last time I will get called. Thank you, Mr Speaker. Yesterday, in relation to the elective backlog, the Secretary of State said: “Where we can treat working people faster, we will, and we make no apology for doing so.”—[Official Report, 6 January 2025; Vol. 759, c. 597.] Labour politicians have struggled to define what they mean by working people, but his words have caused anxiety. Will he reassure those with disabilities that prevent them from working and retired elderly people who have worked all their lives that they will not be pushed to the back of the queue and that treatment will continue to be provided in the NHS on the basis of clinical need?

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