and i know there will be people watching this programme, because i have been e—mailed by them who are really worried about the amount of time they are having to wait and the degree of pain that they are in. i want everybody to realise that all of us in the nhs realise that this is a very important issue. it is our moral obligation, and i use that word very deliberately, to basically ensure we get through these backlogs absolutely as quickly as we can. i would not want anybody to think that this is not absolutely very high up the list of priorities. brute this is not absolutely very high up the list of priorities.— the list of priorities. we 'ust have time for h the list of priorities. we 'ust have time for one more _ the list of priorities. we just have time for one more briefly, - the list of priorities. we just have time for one more briefly, if - the list of priorities. we just have time for one more briefly, if i - the list of priorities. we just have i time for one more briefly, ifi may. time for one more briefly, if i may. the government response to all of this is to talk about £5.9 billion to help deal with the backlog it is investing, 36 million over three years on checks and scans of patients. they say there are more nurses in the nhs in england compared to last year. how far does that go towards tackling the problem that go towards tackling the problem that you have sent out? it is that go towards tackling the problem that you have sent out?— that you have sent out? it is a hel , that you have sent out? it is a help. because _