Whilst the none life threatening waiting lists are important, the first priority and focus for the Government, should be to fix the crisis at A&E, ensure ambulances are vailable and arrive when needed for critically ill people, people are discharged in good time and people with serious conditions are prioritised for treatment. Start fixing them and now.
Then you can look at getting the rest right, unfortunately they just don't care about people enough, unless it's to make money off the back if them.