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Covid-19 UK: NHS waiting list hits ANOTHER record-high amid pandemic, official figures show

Boris Johnson today said the NHS would get all the funding it needs to get through the Covid backlog as the number of people on the waiting list hit a record 4.7million. The Prime Minister pledged to help the health service back to its feet as data for England today showed that 400,000 people have waited over a year for surgery. And the proportion of cancer patients who hadn t been treated within the two month target after being diagnosed has also jumped to a record 30.3 per cent. Medics said NHS England s performance figures laid bare the true toll of the Covid pandemic on hospitals, which were forced to turf out patients with other illnesses during the national lockdowns. 

Covid-19 pressure on NHS highlighted as waiting list hits another record high

Charities and health organisations warned of the Covid-19 pandemic’s “catastrophic” impact on NHS services as new figures revealed that the number of people in England waiting to begin hospital treatment has risen to a new record high. According to data from NHS England, a total of 4.7 million people were waiting to start treatment at the end of February 2021 – the highest figure since records began in August 2007. The number of people waiting more than 52 weeks to start their hospital treatment stood at 387,885 in February 2021 – the highest number for any calendar month since December 2007. A year ago, in February 2020, the number of those having to wait more than 52 weeks to start treatment stood at just 1,613.

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