A record 7.4 million people are currently waiting for elective treatment in England, including 371,000 who have been waiting more than a year. A chronic shortage of beds, exacerbated by a crisis in social care, has left the NHS struggling to clear waitin
Shadow health secretary Wes Streeting MP said: "Record numbers of patients are waiting for healthcare and they are left waiting unacceptably long, whether it's for an operation, ambulance, or in A&E. For millions of patients across England, the NHS is no longer there for ...
This is mostly due to the long waiting times and waiting lists of the NHS. For example, nearly 371 thousand patients have been waiting for more than a year for non-urgent (elective) treatment in England as of April 2023. Show more - Description Published by , Jan 10, 2024...
With more people waiting for admission to hospital in Britain than are on the dole seeking work, NHS waiting lists have become the main test of Labour's political virility, and more so after another steep rise in the figures occurred in the first quarter of 1998, as was shown last week....
"From the millions stuck on NHS waiting lists to the millions struggling to make ends meet, the last Conservative government has left a toxic legacy. We need bold and ambitious action from the government to fix this mess," Davey said.■ ...
"The U.K. was particularly vulnerable because of austerity — NHS waiting lists were rising sharply, and performance/satisfaction was falling sharply, well before the pandemic," Portes said. "And support for those on incapacity and disability benefits was hollowed out in the early 2010s. More ...
growing day-to-day departmental spending at an average of 2.0% per year in real terms between 2023-24 and 2029-30 to support public services, including to deliver 40,000 extra elective appointments a week and reduce NHS waiting lists. boosting capital investment by over £100 billion over ...
A new liver ultrasound screening service at Benenden Hospital sees patients avoid extensive NHS waiting lists and attend fewer appointments, whilst affording clinicians improved diagnostic confidence. Airedale NHS Foundation Trust commits to Value Partnership with Siemens Healthineers in support of healthy com...
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