Downing Street documents drawn up by the Cabinet Office show Boris Johnson will have to commit between £2billion and £10billion on the NHS each year for the next four years.
Plans are being drawn up to relax certain curbs from later this month, regardless of the decision ministers will make on a complete unlocking of restrictions.
Plans are being drawn up to relax certain curbs from later this month, regardless of the decision ministers will make on a complete unlocking of restrictions.
The number of people in England waiting to start NHS hospital treatment has risen above five million for the first time, new figures show.
Data from NHS England shows that 5.12 million people were on the waiting list at the end of April – the highest number since records began in August 2007.
The figures, published on Thursday, also show that the number of people having waited more than a year to start hospital treatment stood at 385,490 in April.
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This is down from 436,127 in the previous month, but around 35 times the number waiting a year earlier, in April 2020, which was 11,042.
Deborah Ward, senior analyst at The King’s Fund, said nearly 3,000 patients had been waiting for more than two years to start NHS hospital treatment.
The number of people in England waiting to start NHS hospital treatment has risen above five million for the first time, new figures show.
Data from NHS England shows that 5.12 million people were on the waiting list at the end of April – the highest number since records began in August 2007.
The figures, published on Thursday, also show that the number of people having waited more than a year to start hospital treatment stood at 385,490 in April.
(PA Graphics)
This is down from 436,127 in the previous month, but around 35 times the number waiting a year earlier, in April 2020, which was 11,042.
Deborah Ward, senior analyst at The King’s Fund, said nearly 3,000 patients had been waiting for more than two years to start NHS hospital treatment.