May ‘might be prepared to ignore NHS staff and the public but she can’t just ignore the law and the NHS constitution’.

Labour have questioned the basis for the downgrade of NHS treatment targets announced recently, saying the changes could contravene patients’ legal rights under the NHS Constitution.

Speaking on Sky’s ‘Sophy Ridge Show’ recently, Labour’s Shadow Health Secretary, Jonathan Ashworth, said he would write to Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt seeking urgent clarification – and he has now done so.