, Labour’s Shadow Health Secretary,
responding to NHS waiting lists data, said:
“NHS waiting lists have trebled since the Conservatives came to
power 13 years ago. Rishi Sunak’s pledge to cut waiting lists has
effectively been abandoned, with the Prime Minister’s choosing to
blame NHS staff instead of fixing the problem himself. An extra
million patients are on waiting lists compared to this time last
year, forced to put their lives on hold, in pain and discomfort.
“The longer we give the Conservatives, the longer patients wait.
“Labour’s plan to cut waiting lists will get the NHS back on its
feet. We will pay NHS staff extra to deliver 2 million more
appointments at evenings and weekends, paid for by abolishing the
non-dom tax break for the wealthiest.”
Ends
Notes
NHSE has estimate that 6.5 million patients are on waiting lists.
Last November, they estimated that 5.5 million patients were on
waiting lists, an increase of 1 million.
In November 2022, Sir Jim Mackey, the NHS elective recovery chief
said that the NHS estimated there were 5.5 million people on
elective referral to treatment waiting lists. Sir Jim said: “It’s
actually 5.5 million people, but seven million entries on the
waiting list. There are around a million and a half people, we
think, who are on multiple times. So, it’s a lot more complicated
than we all think.”
https://www.hsj.co.uk/quality-and-performance/15m-fewer-people-on-waiting-list-than-thought/7033577.article
