00:00We are announcing today a different way of making sure that patients get treated closer to home.
00:05So we are determined to reduce these waiting lists that we inherited from the last government
00:09to get over 90% of people treated within 18 weeks by the end of this parliament.
00:14We're not just putting more money into it, we are reforming how patients are treated.
00:18So this helps GPs get specialist advice to not just put people on the waiting list,
00:23but perhaps to be treated in the community or have a different way of managing their condition.
00:28We understand that access to GPs and primary care is one of the key things that is expected from us as a government.
00:34That's why it's one of our key priorities under our plan for change.
00:39And this helps people reduce the waiting list, as I said,
00:42but it also supports GPs with the administrative work that is involved in making sure that people can have that care closer to home.
00:49Because we want to see more people treated closer to home.
00:52That is one of our commitments to get care out of hospital where it's not needed.
00:55We understand it's a pressurised system, but that's also why there is some funding that the Chancellor made available in that autumn budget.
01:03We've had a lot of criticism about the changes we made in the autumn,
01:05but this is a key part of using that money to reform the system to make it better for patients
01:10and support both GPs and hospital doctors in treatment of that patient.
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