NHS waiting lists have hit a new high breaching the “grim milestone” of 7million for the first time ever. That’s up from the 6.8million who were waiting for routine operations in …
Tim Gardner, senior policy fellow at the Health Foundation, said today's data should serve as a "warning to the Government".
Meanwhile, Tim Mitchell, vice-president of the Royal College of Surgeons of England said that hospitals are carrying out fewer operations than before the pandemic due to a lack of staff and beds.: "It's tough on patients and tough on staff who want to get on and treat patients. Professor Sir Stephen Powis, of NHS England said: “Despite huge pressures on the NHS this summer, the incredible work of colleagues across the country meant that in August we delivered more potentially life-saving cancer checks than ever before, and cut 18 month waits by 60 per cent over the last year.
NHS England said that a total of 387,257 people in England had been waiting more than 52 weeks to start hospital treatment at the end of August.At the end of August, 2,646 people had been waiting more than two years to start treatment - with this figure being down from July's 2,885.
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