Which Ones?: BBC Breakfast Host Presses Health Minister To Back Claim NHS Trusts Are Meeting Targets [Video]

BBC Breakfast host Naga Munchetty piled the pressure on Health Secretary Victoria Atkins on Thursday morning, demanding the senior Tory back her claim that some NHS trusts were meeting health targets amidst a general failure to manage escalating waiting lists.

The government faces scrutiny as waiting lists have soared to over 7 million procedures, despite promises from Prime Minister Rishi Sunak to reduce them.

Atkins appeared on BBC Breakfast on Thursday, tasked with the morning press rounds.The host, however, was prepared to confront the minister with data.

Munchetty began: “The most recent figures available show that the overall number of people waiting for non-emergency treatment is down for the fifth month in a row. But still, the number of people waiting compared to this time last year is up 360,000, and compared to when the prime minister came into office, is up 620,000.”

With that established, the host added: “So it’s all very well saying …