by hospital leaders, though they say cutting the backlog will be a huge task. it's going to be massive workload, need a great deal of investment. to do it, and that's at every level. we've got to train more surgeons, train more anaesthetists, - train more theatre staff. but above all we need to be efficient, so where we've i got these facilities, - we really have to use them. we have to use them i every day of the week. you'd just come out of hospital a month before... one of the hospitals which treated wayne said there was progress tackling the backlog but it was understood that long waits were distressing for patients. wayne has now been contacted about further checks, but there's still no date for his op. hugh pym, bbc news. as well as dealing with the nhs backlog, the government is also looking at how to reform and pay for the social care system in england. it's hoping to set out plans soon. 0ur political correspondent iain watson is at westminster. this is a topic that successive governments have really struggled with. is borisjohnson struggling