00:00Waiting lists are now falling for the first time in years and we're putting in even more money to
00:05tackle the backlog of cases. But as I've just said on Women's Hour this morning, when I look at the
00:10rise in waiting lists overall, it doesn't explain the disproportionate rise in the gynaecology
00:17waiting list. And that's why it's my intention that as well as bringing down NHS waiting lists
00:23and waiting times overall, we will do the reverse and we will cut the gynaecology waiting list faster
00:30than the overall waiting list. If we could increase it faster, we should decrease it faster and that's
00:37something that we will aim to do. Because the blunt reality is this, though founded on principles of
00:42equality, the NHS does not treat all patients equally. Indeed, we don't treat all women equally
00:50as well. And it is so important that we recognise the additional disadvantage faced by black and
00:56Asian women and women of other ethnic minorities and backgrounds who face that double discrimination
01:02of misogyny and racism all at once.
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