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Jan 2022
NHS data shows that the number of people on a hospital waiting list in England has reached six million for the first time, around one in 20 of those have been waiting for longer than a year. The figure is for the end of November and includes operations such as hip and knee surgery.…
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Jan 2022
Staff shortages and rising pressures due to Covid-19 have led to critical incidents being declared at several hospital trusts. Blackpool Teaching Hospitals, University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay NHS Trust and Great Western Hospitals in Wiltshire have all been hit hard. Derriford Hospital in Plymouth has declared problems offloading ambulances and has recorded nearly 500…
11
Jan 2022
Some non-urgent operations are being cancelled at Greater Manchester hospitals as staff shortages and the “rising impact” of Covid continue to affect NHS trusts. In addition according to Downing Street, more than 20 NHS trusts in England have declared critical incidents. Health chiefs in Greater Manchester said around 15 per cent of their…
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Jan 2022
The government is being warned that a long-term plan to fix the NHS staffing crisis is needed to reduce record waiting lists for treatment. There are currently approaching six million people in England waiting for routine procedures and operations, many of whom are in pain. A report from MPs says the government needs…
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Jan 2022
Official data has showed that one in three newly-diagnosed cancer patients in England now have to wait for more than two months for urgent treatment, and only 67.8 per cent of people with an urgent GP referral started treatment within two months in October. The result is far below NHS England’s target of treating…
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Jan 2022
One of the UK’s leading experts in prostate cancer has revealed that technological advances mean a national breast cancer-style strategy may finally be possible, and that Britain could start screening for the disease within three to five years. There is currently no national screening programme for the disease, but Professor Ros Eeles, based at…
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