Waiting times are poor marker for equity

doi:10.1136/bmj.b4066

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Srinivasa V Katikireddi, specialty registrar in public health medicine1

¹Lothian NHS Board, Deaconess House, Edinburgh EH8 9RS

vkatikireddi{at}yahoo.co.uk

Cooper and colleagues determined changes in waiting times for key elective surgical procedures and how these changes were distributed across socioeconomic groups as a result of NHS reforms.1 They conclude that the later stages of NHS reforms, including patient choice, provider competition, and expanded capacity, did not harm equity. …