still record high levels. what is your reaction to that? yes, i mean, as we are your reaction to that? yes, i mean, as we are seeing, your reaction to that? yes, i mean, as we are seeing, the your reaction to that? yes, i mean, as we are seeing, the 5.6 your reaction to that? yes, i mean, as we are seeing, the 5.6 million, i as we are seeing, the 5.6 million, the highest ever waiting list that we ve seen, and i think that demonstrates the real operational pressure that the front line nhs is under and i think within that the figures that look at those who have been waiting for longer than 52 weeks, so longer than a year, is at nearly 300,000, and that has just increased exponentially over the period of the pandemic. and it demonstrates the significant impact of this seismic event, which is the pandemic, which built on an nhs that was striving to get through as many procedures and operations as possible, but was really struggling pre pandemic as well. so i think what we ve got is
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which is to give those residents the maximum protection and that means staff looking after those vulnerable people should be vaccinated. we ve had the latest figures on the nhs backlog caused by the pandemic. published 45 minutes ago. programme eco is here. published 45 minutes ago. programme eco is here- many published 45 minutes ago. programme eco is here. many people published 45 minutes ago. programme eco is here. many people working - published 45 minutes ago. programme eco is here. many people working in i eco is here. many people working in the nhs say they are seeing the type of pressure they would see normally in the winter but over the summer months. to give you an idea of what is happening on the ground, we can look at ambulance waiting times. the average waiting time for category one, life saving emergencies, was 8.5 minutes in august, down the month before. and the target is 18 minutes. and if you look to non urgent call outs, they were seeing just under two hour and
well. secondly, safe and legal roots. the government made a huge mistake in closing down the dub scheme to help unaccompanied children, it was supposed to help 3,000, they closed it after 480. thirdly, this government made a big mistake abolishing the department to department develop and come of the one department focused on why people become refugees in the first place, that should be reinstated. the department for international development. the department for international development- mps in the uk have approved the government s plan to increase national insurance contributions to fund health and social care in england. the proposal passed comfortably, with a majority of 71 votes. borisjohnson says it will raise £12 billion a year. labour voted against the plan and says working people will be hit hardest. the uk government is starting a six week consultation on whether it should be compulsory for nhs staff in england to be vaccinated against covid 19. under the plans, fron