CAMPAIGNERS urged Labour to halt NHS outsourcing and urgently invest in the service and its staff today after a report ranked Britain’s hospital care among the worst in high-income nations.

The Health Foundation revealed that long hospital waits left Britain among the “poorest-performing” in a survey of 10 countries.

It found that 11 per cent of people were waiting a year or more for a specialist appointment, while 19 per cent were waiting the same amount of time for non-emergency surgery. Only Canada reported similar figures.