British hospitals forced to introduce minimum waiting times

The London Telegraph reports:

Hospitals across the country are imposing minimum waiting times - delaying the treatment of thousands of patients.


After years of Government targets pushing them to cut waiting lists, staff are now being warned against "over-performing" by treating patients too quickly. The Sunday Telegraph has learned that at least six trusts have imposed the minimum times.

In March, Patricia Hewitt, the Secretary of State for Health, offered her apparent blessing for the minimum waiting times by announcing they would be "appropriate" in some cases. Amid fears about £1.27 billion of NHS debts, she expressed concern that some hospitals were so productive "they actually got ahead of what the NHS could afford".

Socialism means waiting in line.Just think,Michael Moore and gang want to bring "waiting" here to the United States.