targets? and how do you prevent that? ., ., that? the government of the day can set tar: ets that? the government of the day can set targets to that? the government of the day can set targets to focus priorities - that? the government of the day can set targets to focus priorities and - set targets to focus priorities and inevitably, if there is a lot of public concern about waiting lists, it is not surprising that there will be waiting list targets. we already have a whole set of targets for waiting lists that have not been met for some time. in terms of this debate at the moment, we need to remember that the nhs went into covid with demand already outstripping capacity, so we already had a waiting list of about 11.5 million before covid, so the challenge for the nhs of having the capacity to meet targets is one that predates covid. tt