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The key NHS targets that have never been met
BBC News finds key NHS targets have been missed for at least seven years - and two have never been met.
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Most key NHS targets have been missed for at least seven years across the UK, BBC News research shows.
The review of records going back 20 years also reveals Northern Ireland and Wales have never met the four-hour accident-and-emergency (A&E) target.
The analysis focused on the three key hospital targets, covering A&E, cancer and waiting times for planned care.
Combined, the length of time during which the targets have been missed tops 100 years.
In the past seven, the only one to have been met is the A&E target in Scotland - and that was during lockdown in 2020, when the number of visits to A&E plummeted.