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Hello and welcome to the Sophie Ridge on Sunday podcast.

After a key waiting time target was dropped by the NHS this week,

I spoke to the Shadow Health Secretary John Ashworth. I also talked Brexit with the former

Conservative leader Lord Howard, and we spoke to Jerry Adams about the situation in Northern Ireland. The Chief Executive of NHS England Simon Stevens this week said he can no longer guarantee that all non-urgent operations will take place within the 18-week target period.

He also laid out plans for 150 urgent treatment centres

and for GP appointments at evenings and weekends. Now, this all comes amid a constant stream of

bad news for the NHS, with targets regularly being missed. The Labour Party has made it very

clear. It thinks the government is doing a bad job.

So what does their health spokesman, John Ashworth, make of Simon Stevens' plans?

The plan that he set out has some very good ideas in there,

good ambitions around cancer treatment,

around improving our mental health provision in this country.

But I really don't think dropping this 18-week target is the correct thing to do.

And this is the 18-week target for non-emergency operations?

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