RECORD 7.07 MILLION PATIENTS ON NHS WAITING LIST IN ENGLAND

Thu 10 November 2022:

According to the most recent statistics provided Thursday by the National Health Service, a record 7.07 million patients in England were awaiting the start of treatment in September (NHS).

The number of referral-to-treatment (RTI) patients awaiting treatment has reached its peak since records began in 2007. It reflects a huge backlog of care in England as a result of pandemic strains on the NHS as well as ongoing personnel shortages.

“The number of RTT patients waiting to start treatment at the end of September 2022 was 7.07 million patients. Of those, 401,537 patients were waiting more than 52 weeks and 2,239 patients were waiting more than 104 weeks,” the statistical press notice read.

At the end of September 2022, 2.87 million patients were on a waiting list for treatment for over 18 weeks. A median waiting time for treatment was 14 weeks, which is significantly higher than before the pandemic. Prior to the pandemic, a total 4.43 million people were waiting to start treatment.

The backlog was described as “storing up greater problems for the future” and was likely to lead to worsening situations in the future by the British Medical Association, which represents doctors and medical students in the UK.

SOURCE: INDEPENDENT PRESS AND NEWS AGENCIES

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