Sir Keir Starmer will launch his plan to deliver millions more appointments across the NHS in a bid to reduce waiting times to 18 weeks over the next five years.

The government has pledged to cut the list of patients waiting more than 18 weeks for NHS treatment in England by nearly half a million over the next year.

Watch as Sir Keir Starmer unveiled Labour’s plan to cut NHS waiting times in a major speech on Monday (6 January). The prime minister promised millions of extra NHS appointments in a bid to slash waiting times for treatment to 18 weeks by the next general election.