Emily Darlington, MP for Milton Keynes Central, has thanked NHS staff at Milton Keynes University Hospital for their hard work in continuing to get waiting lists down.
It comes as the Labour government marks a year since the publication of its Elective Reform Plan designed to cut waits.
Milton Keynes Hospital saw its waiting lists drop by 1,075 since the general election.
Across England, the NHS saw waiting lists fall by more than 86,000 in November, as new data shows staff faced record demand in 2025.
The progress came despite the NHS’s busiest ever year, with 27.8 million A&E attendances in 2025 – over 367,000 up on 2024, with 2.33 million attendances in December alone.
Emily warned that winter pressures continue to persist as hospitals battle the flu, and urged anyone eligible in Milton Keynes to take up the flu vaccine to protect themselves and others.
“NHS staff in MK have worked incredibly hard to shrink down the waiting list while seeing a record surge in patients last year”, she said, “Thanks to this Labour government’s Elective Reform Plan, our record investment and modernisation, hundreds more patients got a faster diagnosis in Milton Keynes and received quicker treatment or the all-clear over the last 12 months.
“This is despite services facing consistently high levels of pressure and experiencing another record year for A&E and ambulances.
"It will be a long road, but Labour is fixing our health service and making it fit for the future and beyond.”
