Waiting list in England is almost three times the 2010 figure, while satisfaction levels have plummeted
If ever a saying fitted the claims made in an election cycle it must be the famous Mark Twain line about “lies: lies, damned lies, and statistics”.on Wednesday or the ITV head-to-head that preceded it you could be forgiven for thinking that the NHS waiting list in England is increasing and decreasing all at the same time.
Sticking with England, A&E figures are a mixed bag for the prime minster. There has been moderate improvement in waiting times – about 60% of patients attending major emergency departments are now being seen within four hours compared with the low of December 2022 . The A&E records only go back to 2011 but in April of that year 95% of patients were being treated in major emergency departments within four hours.None of the three operational standards for cancer were met in April.
“The story consistently being told by waiting times data is that too many people are waiting too long to find out whether or not they have cancer, or for their cancer treatment to begin.”Given the size of the waiting list and the knock-on effect on patients waiting for treatment for a whole array of medical conditions, it is perhaps no surprise that public sentiment towards the NHS has plummeted.
The “maintenance backlog” is the amount the government needs to spend to improve rundown buildings and decrepit equipment back to acceptable levels of risk. Last year it stood at almost £12bn – a record – with the “high risk” backlog costing an estimated £4.2bn to fix .Rishi Sunak was booed by a studio audience on Wednesday when he tried to shift blame for spiralling NHS waiting lists on to junior doctors taking industrial action.
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