NHS waiting list recovery ‘could take years’ report reveals
10 months, 1 week ago

NHS waiting list recovery ‘could take years’ report reveals

The Independent  

Sign up for our free Health Check email to receive exclusive analysis on the week in health Get our free Health Check email Get our free Health Check email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Under the IFS’s “central scenario”, waiting lists would start to fall “consistently but slowly” from the middle of 2024 but it would still stand at 6.5 million in December 2027. IFS research economist Max Warner, and author of the report, said: “The next government may well inherit a falling elective NHS waiting list in England. But even with a trend pointing in the right direction, waiting lists will still be far higher than they have been – and long waiting times are unlikely to go away any time soon.” Rishi Sunak admitted to failing on his promise to cut NHS waiting lists Commenting on the report, Sir Julian Hartley, chief executive at NHS Providers, said that efforts to bring down the waiting list are being “thwarted” by “squeezed funding in the NHS, the fallout of the pandemic, severe workforce shortages and strikes”. “We cannot get the economy firing on all cylinders again without helping people off NHS waiting lists and back into work.” A Department of Health and Social Care spokesman said: “We recognise the challenges the NHS faces, and we are taking the long-term decisions needed to make our health service faster, simpler and fairer, cutting waiting lists and ensuring people get the care they need.” It said overall waiting lists have decreased for three months in a row, despite winter pressures and industrial action.

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More NHS patients to be treated privately as Starmer bids to slash waiting list backlog
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2 days, 8 hours ago

More NHS patients to be treated privately as Starmer bids to slash waiting list backlog

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Starmer: More patients to be treated privately in bid to slash NHS waiting lists
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2 days, 13 hours ago

Starmer: More patients to be treated privately in bid to slash NHS waiting lists

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Watch: Keir Starmer unveils Labour’s plan to cut NHS waiting times with millions of new appointments
2 days, 15 hours ago

Watch: Keir Starmer unveils Labour’s plan to cut NHS waiting times with millions of new appointments

The Independent  

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Starmer vows millions of new NHS appointments to end 18-month waits for treatment
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3 days, 9 hours ago

Starmer vows millions of new NHS appointments to end 18-month waits for treatment

The Independent  

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Keir Starmer is warned millions of Brits will continue to wait months for NHS treatment - despite PM unveiling a series of 'radical' reforms to improve long waiting lists
3 days, 9 hours ago

Keir Starmer is warned millions of Brits will continue to wait months for NHS treatment - despite PM unveiling a series of 'radical' reforms to improve long waiting lists

Daily Mail  

Millions of people will continue to wait months for NHS treatment despite a series of ‘radical’ reforms to be unveiled by Keir Starmer on Monday. Monday’s reforms will focus on speeding up medical tests and routine surgery to cut waiting lists which soared to record levels in the wake of the pandemic. A new target slipped out by Downing Street …

Streeting vows NHS App upgrade will slash waiting times and give patients more choice
4 days, 7 hours ago

Streeting vows NHS App upgrade will slash waiting times and give patients more choice

The Independent  

Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Get our free View from Westminster email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Under plans aimed at slashing waiting lists, the NHS App will be overhauled, giving patients …

Hospitals issue warning about key NHS waiting list target as winter crisis looms
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Hospitals issue warning about key NHS waiting list target as winter crisis looms

The Independent  

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NHS cash injection will ‘bring waiting lists down’ – Chancellor
2 months, 1 week ago

NHS cash injection will ‘bring waiting lists down’ – Chancellor

The Independent  

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Flatlining NHS gets major £22.6billion Budget injection to cut waiting lists - amid warnings there will still be a winter crisis and it may STILL need more cash
2 months, 1 week ago

Flatlining NHS gets major £22.6billion Budget injection to cut waiting lists - amid warnings there will still be a winter crisis and it may STILL need more cash

Daily Mail  

The NHS was a major winner from Rachel Reeves's first Budget as Chancellor as she poured £22.6billion more into the flatlining health service. Health Secretary Wes Streeting has warned the additional funding set to be announced in Labour's first Budget is unlikely to deliver major improvements Yesterday he said the injection of funding will help meet Labour's pledge to deliver …

What the latest NHS performance figures for England show
2 months, 4 weeks ago

What the latest NHS performance figures for England show

The Independent  

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NHS is entering winter ‘in bad shape’ as new figures show rising waits
2 months, 4 weeks ago

NHS is entering winter ‘in bad shape’ as new figures show rising waits

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NHS will fail to hit waiting list target as A&Es face winter ‘tripledemic’
2 months, 4 weeks ago

NHS will fail to hit waiting list target as A&Es face winter ‘tripledemic’

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How broken NHS is fuelling Britain’s worklessness crisis
3 months, 4 weeks ago

How broken NHS is fuelling Britain’s worklessness crisis

The Telegraph  

The broken NHS is not only failing its patients – it is also fuelling Britain’s worklessness crisis. A landmark report into the health service’s shortcomings has revealed that more than half of the 6.4 million people on an NHS waiting list are of working age. At the same time, a record 2.8 million people are on long-term sick leave – …

Wes Streeting says NHS waiting lists must be ‘millions lower’ by 2029
3 months, 4 weeks ago

Wes Streeting says NHS waiting lists must be ‘millions lower’ by 2029

The Independent  

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NHS waiting lists force Britons to save up to pay for private healthcare, says report
4 months ago

NHS waiting lists force Britons to save up to pay for private healthcare, says report

The Independent  

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NHS waiting list rises for third consecutive month
5 months ago

NHS waiting list rises for third consecutive month

The Independent  

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7.6 million: How England’s healthcare waiting list trebled under the Tories
6 months, 1 week ago

7.6 million: How England’s healthcare waiting list trebled under the Tories

Al Jazeera  

Waiting times for National Health Service care have also risen sharply across the UK since ruling Conservatives came to power in 2010. The NHS waiting list for treatment referrals in England hit 7.6 million cases in April – a threefold rise since 2010. Just 67 percent of Britons said they were satisfied with their public services, infrastructure and environment last …

Moment undercover reporter breaks down in tears inside A&E unit in the grips of NHS care crisis - as footage shows elderly patient forced to urinate in the corridor
6 months, 2 weeks ago

Moment undercover reporter breaks down in tears inside A&E unit in the grips of NHS care crisis - as footage shows elderly patient forced to urinate in the corridor

Daily Mail  

Emotional footage shows the moment an undercover reporter broke down in tears inside an A&E unit after an elderly man was forced to urinate in a bottle in a corridor in full view of staff and other patients. The distressed elderly patient calls out for someone to help him as he fears he has been 'forgotten' in the corridor Undercover …

NHS isn't getting better: Hospital waiting lists have RISEN again... and health service is slipping on targets for cancer treatment, new data reveals
6 months, 3 weeks ago

NHS isn't getting better: Hospital waiting lists have RISEN again... and health service is slipping on targets for cancer treatment, new data reveals

Daily Mail  

Hospital waiting lists have risen for the first time in seven months, with the NHS also slipping further from its target on cancer treatments. Separate data showed the proportion of patients being treated within two months of an urgent cancer referral slipped from 68.7 per cent in March to 66.6 per cent in April. Without this, commitments to substantially cut …

Wes Streeting: I will outdo Blair to clear NHS backlog
7 months, 1 week ago

Wes Streeting: I will outdo Blair to clear NHS backlog

The Telegraph  

Labour will also claim on Wednesday that the NHS waiting list will hit 10 million if the Tories remain in power. Labour’s plans to tackle record NHS waits include putting on 40,000 extra appointments each week by utilising weekend and evening slots, as well as doubling the number of scanners available to run diagnostics on patients. Labour’s plan to tackle …

Labour pledges 40,000 extra NHS appointments a week
7 months, 3 weeks ago

Labour pledges 40,000 extra NHS appointments a week

The Independent  

Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Get our free View from Westminster email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Shadow health secretary Wes Streeting said: “Fourteen years of Conservative neglect has seen waiting lists …

Cuts to the NHS waiting list have stalled for second month in a row, new figures show
7 months, 4 weeks ago

Cuts to the NHS waiting list have stalled for second month in a row, new figures show

The Independent  

Sign up for our free Health Check email to receive exclusive analysis on the week in health Get our free Health Check email Get our free Health Check email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. While progress against reducing the NHS waiting list stalled, improvements were seen in cancer waits …

NHS waiting lists could take 685 years to clear
8 months ago

NHS waiting lists could take 685 years to clear

The Telegraph  

The NHS waiting list will take 685 years to clear if it continues to fall at the current rate, figures reveal. The overall waiting list remains “stubbornly high” at 7.53 million having fallen by just 916 people between February and March, all but putting an end to Rishi Sunak’s NHS pledge to cut the backlog. If it continues to come …

Patients stuck on NHS waiting lists should be made to improve their own health because thousands are too unfit for surgery, report says
8 months, 3 weeks ago

Patients stuck on NHS waiting lists should be made to improve their own health because thousands are too unfit for surgery, report says

Daily Mail  

Patients are costing the NHS millions of pounds a year by turning up for operations too unfit to go under the knife, a damning report reveals. The CPOC's 'Blueprint for NHS efficiency' report says: 'The NHS has too many cancellations, complications, and lengthy hospital stays – often due to patients arriving for surgery in an unfit state. 'These can be …

Where the NHS waiting list figures leave Sunak’s five priorities
8 months, 4 weeks ago

Where the NHS waiting list figures leave Sunak’s five priorities

The Independent  

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NHS waiting lists fall amid junior doctors’ strikes but patients facing longest wait climbs
9 months, 3 weeks ago

NHS waiting lists fall amid junior doctors’ strikes but patients facing longest wait climbs

The Independent  

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NHS waiting list recovery ‘could take years’ – report
10 months, 1 week ago

NHS waiting list recovery ‘could take years’ – report

The Independent  

Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Despite recent reductions in the waiting list in England, the Institute for Fiscal Studies …

Record 180,000 patients suffered ‘degrading’ 12 hour waits in A&E last month
11 months ago

Record 180,000 patients suffered ‘degrading’ 12 hour waits in A&E last month

The Independent  

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Labour pledges to end long NHS waits for children’s care
11 months, 4 weeks ago

Labour pledges to end long NHS waits for children’s care

The Independent  

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NHS waiting list even higher than before Rishi Sunak pledge
11 months, 4 weeks ago

NHS waiting list even higher than before Rishi Sunak pledge

The Independent  

Sign up for our free Health Check email to receive exclusive analysis on the week in health Get our free Health Check email Get our free Health Check email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. open image in gallery Rishi Sunak said he is ‘confident’ the government can resolve the …

NHS fails to hit key targets despite drop in waiting list
11 months, 4 weeks ago

NHS fails to hit key targets despite drop in waiting list

The Independent  

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NHS waiting list falls for the first time in a year
1 year ago

NHS waiting list falls for the first time in a year

The Independent  

Sign up for our free Health Check email to receive exclusive analysis on the week in health Get our free Health Check email Get our free Health Check email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Some 69.7 per cent of patients in England were seen within four hours in A&Es …

One in five people on NHS waiting lists in Britain’s worst-hit areas
1 year, 1 month ago

One in five people on NHS waiting lists in Britain’s worst-hit areas

The Telegraph  

The area coping the best, according to the analysis, is Berkshire West, with around one in 16 people waiting for NHS care. The NHS recently revealed that 15 per cent of patients were waiting for more than one appointment or procedure, meaning there are around 6.5 million individuals waiting for 7.8 million appointments. Separate analysis by the Reform think tank …

NHS waiting list hits record 7.8 million high
1 year, 1 month ago

NHS waiting list hits record 7.8 million high

The Independent  

Sign up for our free Health Check email to receive exclusive analysis on the week in health Get our free Health Check email Get our free Health Check email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy The NHS waiting list has hit a record high of 7.77 …

NHS failing to tackle ‘shameful’ gaps in care which leave poor waiting longer, research shows
1 year, 2 months ago

NHS failing to tackle ‘shameful’ gaps in care which leave poor waiting longer, research shows

The Independent  

Sign up for our free Health Check email to receive exclusive analysis on the week in health Get our free Health Check email Get our free Health Check email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. open image in gallery Too many black women have experienced treatment that falls short of …

NHS patients waiting longer than nine months to be offered chance to switch hospital
1 year, 2 months ago

NHS patients waiting longer than nine months to be offered chance to switch hospital

The Telegraph  

Amanda Pritchard, the chief executive of NHS England, said: “This new step to offer NHS patients who have been waiting the longest the opportunity to consider travelling for treatment is just another example of how we are introducing new approaches to reduce how long patients wait, while improving the choice and control they have over their own care. “So, whether …

Rishi Sunak’s pledge to cut NHS waiting lists ‘blown out of water’ as backlog set to soar
1 year, 2 months ago

Rishi Sunak’s pledge to cut NHS waiting lists ‘blown out of water’ as backlog set to soar

The Independent  

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Humza Yousaf to pledge £300 million to cut NHS waiting lists in Scotland
1 year, 2 months ago

Humza Yousaf to pledge £300 million to cut NHS waiting lists in Scotland

The Independent  

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NHS waiting list hits record high of almost 7.8m
1 year, 2 months ago

NHS waiting list hits record high of almost 7.8m

The Independent  

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NHS waiting lists hit new record high despite Rishi Sunak pledge
1 year, 4 months ago

NHS waiting lists hit new record high despite Rishi Sunak pledge

The Independent  

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Government turns to private clinics to help tackle NHS waiting lists
1 year, 5 months ago

Government turns to private clinics to help tackle NHS waiting lists

The Independent  

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NHS waiting list in England hits record 7.5 million
1 year, 5 months ago

NHS waiting list in England hits record 7.5 million

The Independent  

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NHS failing to tackle spiraling children’s surgery waiting lists as backlog hits record levels
1 year, 7 months ago

NHS failing to tackle spiraling children’s surgery waiting lists as backlog hits record levels

The Independent  

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10% of A&E patients waiting more than 12 hours, NHS data shows
1 year, 8 months ago

10% of A&E patients waiting more than 12 hours, NHS data shows

The Independent  

Sign up for our free Health Check email to receive exclusive analysis on the week in health Get our free Health Check email Get our free Health Check email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy New data on the scale of NHS A&E waits reveals that …

Community diagnostic centres helping cut NHS waiting lists, says Sunak
1 year, 10 months ago

Community diagnostic centres helping cut NHS waiting lists, says Sunak

The Independent  

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NHS told to come clean about A&E waiting times
1 year, 11 months ago

NHS told to come clean about A&E waiting times

The Telegraph  

The NHS will be forced to come clean about the true extent of A&E waits as part of plans to “fix” the NHS crisis. NHS England has been ordered to publish full data, showing exactly how many people are enduring 12-hour waits in A&E. But the statistics only measure the point after a decision is taken to admit patients, with …

New NHS record as more than 54,000 patients wait 12 hours to get into A&E
1 year, 11 months ago

New NHS record as more than 54,000 patients wait 12 hours to get into A&E

The Independent  

Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. The NHS England figures show the average response time in December for ambulances dealing …

Britain's NHS nightmare: How COVID-19, cost-cutting and burnout pushed the UK's health system to the brink
2 years ago

Britain's NHS nightmare: How COVID-19, cost-cutting and burnout pushed the UK's health system to the brink

ABC  

In a frantic hospital hall in northern England, a 92-year-old woman lay unwell on a trolley waiting for 33 hours to be taken to a bed. "Emergency medicine in the NHS is facing one of its most challenging times in our history," Dr Ian Higginson, vice-president at the Royal College of Emergency Medicine told ABC News. "We're unable to offload …

Use private sector to tackle NHS waiting lists, urges Keir Starmer
2 years ago

Use private sector to tackle NHS waiting lists, urges Keir Starmer

The Telegraph  

"Labour has a bold plan to slash waiting times by temporarily ramping up partnerships with private providers. My Labour government would give Britain its NHS back, through a decade long programme of renewal and reform, to make the health service fit for the future. In a clear sign that he plans to align himself with the Blair era and reject …

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