more now on the commitment of a hundred world leaders attending the cop26 summit to end and reverse deforestation by 2030. brazil, where large parts of the amazon rainforest have been cut down, will be among the signatories today. the pledge includes almost $19.2 bilion of public and private funds. experts have welcomed the move, but warned a previous deal in 2014 had failed to slow deforestation at all . joining me now is chaitanya kumar head of enviroment & green transition at the new economics foundation how significant is this commitment from your perspective?
surgeons say for gail and others waiting a long time there is a risk that things will get worse. they may not have been urgent but they are. they become increasingly urgent the longer patients wait and there is no alternative. these patients need an operation, so we need investment and we need to keep prioritising these patients so they don t get forgotten. the total waiting for routine treatment in england injune was 9.6% of the whole population. in scotland, it was 8.2% in march, the latest available figure. in wales, it was 19.2% in may and in northern ireland, nearly a quarter of the population was on a waiting list, according to march data. hospitals are keen to get people to come in for the treatment that they need. they are also focusing on trying to reduce the backlog of those who have been waiting for a while. and then there are people out there who didn t come forward during the pandemic but who may yet require hospital care. here at royal surrey county hospital they re doing
in wales, it was 19.2% in may and in northern ireland, nearly a quarter of the population was on a waiting list, according to march data. hospitals are keen to get people to come in for the treatment that they need. they re also focusing on trying to reduce the backlog of those who have been waiting for a while. and then there are people out there who didn t come forward during the pandemic but who may yet require hospital care. here at royal surrey county hospital they re doing more operations than they were before covid struck, with more nhs funding for equipment and extended operating theatre time, though they acknowledge it s a tough task. i don t think we will be able to work at this rate forever. we are really trying to tackle a problem that has come out of the pandemic but i think we are really focused across the whole of the system on trying to make sure that patients don t wait any longer than they have to. hello, sir. the hospital works with pharmacists