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Health Secretary Sajid Javid said waiting lists have not yet peaked but extra funding and innovation would be used to bring the numbers down. Record NHS waiting lists will continue to grow, Javid ...
The government pledged to cut the list of patients waiting more than 18 weeks for treatment in England by nearly half a million over the next year. PM sets out plan to tackle hospital backlog Skip ...
Some 2,703 patients in England have been waiting at least a year and a half to begin NHS hospital treatment. Nine hospital trusts responsible for half of patients waiting the longest Skip to main ...
The number of people on hospital waiting lists in England reaches six million, with roughly one in 20 waiting for routine operations such as knee surgery for over a year. [20] Almost one in three local authorities in England report they are having to ration care for elderly and disabled people because of Omicron variant-related absences. [21]
The NHS Nightingale Hospital Yorkshire and the Humber is one of the temporary NHS Nightingale Hospitals set up by NHS England in 2020 to help to deal with the COVID-19 pandemic. The hospital was constructed inside the Harrogate Convention Centre , Harrogate , and from 4 June 2020 was repurposed as a radiology diagnostic clinic.
NHS targets are performance measures used by NHS England, NHS Scotland, NHS Wales, and the Health and Social Care service in Northern Ireland.These vary by country but assess the performance of each health service against measures such as 4 hour waiting times in Accident and Emergency departments, weeks to receive an appointment and/or treatment, and performance in specific departments such as ...
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12 August – Figures show that a record number of people are waiting for NHS hospital treatment in England, with a total of 5.45 million on waiting lists. [292] 15 August – The UK government confirms 23 August as the date by which all 16 and 17-year-olds will in England will have been offered a COVID vaccine, or the chance to book an ...