Number of NHS patients in pain 'worse than death' has DOUBLED in a year, study claims
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Number of NHS patients in pain 'worse than death' has DOUBLED in a year, study claims

Daily Mail  

Twice as many NHS patients waiting for surgery are gritting their teeth through pain 'worse than death' now than before Covid, scientists say. The data revealed how the number of patients enduring pain 'worse than death' while they waited for a hip replacement has more than doubled amid spiralling waiting lists. The number enduring the same pain as they wait for knee replacements has also doubled 'Even getting out of a car was impossible': Patient says surgery in January changed their life A patient who was on waiting lists for four months before getting a joint replacement says the surgery has 'transformed their life'. They showed 391 of 2,073 patients waiting for hip replacements surveyed were suffering pain 'worse than death'.

Death Surgery Patients Pain Cent Waiting Nhs Hip Worse Waiting Lists Knee Orthopaedic Replacements Knee Replacements Orthopaedic Patients  nhs  worse  death  claims  knee  pain  study  waiting  orthopaedic  doubled  number  surgery  replacements  hip  patients  cent

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