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The government will not meet its ambition of getting NHS waiting times down to 18 weeks without investing in primary care, children’s services and mental health, NHS leaders have warned.
Sir Keir Starmer also promised to give patients more choice over where they get treated as he unveiled plans to tackle the NHS backlog. The waiting list currently stands at 7.5 million with four ...
Patients in other areas facing significant wait times such as orthopaedics (where 40 per cent of patients are waiting longer than 18 weeks) will also be offered a choice of private or NHS provider ...
‘Long waits for treatment are unacceptable and 20,000 children waiting over a year is unfathomable,’ warns Dr Camilla Kingdon NHS waiting list in England hits record 7.5 million Skip to main ...
British citizens have been known to travel to other European countries to take advantage of lower costs, and because of a fear of hospital-acquired super bugs and long waiting lists. [5] NHS access is therefore controlled by medical priority rather than price mechanism, leading to waiting lists for both consultations and surgery, up to months ...
An estimated 7.54 million treatments were waiting to be carried out at the end of March, relating to 6.29 million patients. NHS waiting list for treatment remains ‘stubbornly high’ – experts ...
The Cass Review's final report stated the concerns which led to its creation included very long waiting lists, of over two years per patient; an "exponential" increase in the number of children and young people requesting gender-affirming care from the NHS; a change towards earlier medical treatment in this patient cohort; [d] and concerns that ...
More NHS patients who need elective care will be able to decide where they are treated under new Government plans to slash waiting lists. ... The number of patients waiting for treatments was ...