In January, Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital (NNUH) chief executive Sam Higginson warned the backlog would not start to clear before March.
To help fix the backlog, the government has pledged to bust bureaucracy in the NHS with plans that would see England s major hospital trusts and clinical commissioning groups split into 42 boards to control all local health services with one budget for each area.
Speaking to the Independent last month NHS England medical director, professor Stephen Powis, denied that the NHS was a Covid-only service . For every Covid patient in hospital, the NHS is treating three people for other conditions - and it is obviously a disservice to the work done by our staff who have kept services going throughout the pandemic to suggest otherwise, he added.
Blue Hawks volleyball spikes a win in return to action
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DICKINSON, N.D. (vcsuvikings.com) – The Valley City State volleyball team dropped a five-set battle to Dickinson State in a non-conference matchup Monday, 26-24, 17-25, 16-25, 27-15, 12-15.
Dickinson State started out to an early 11-7 lead in the first set when Valley City State took a 9-1 run to build a 16-12 lead. The Blue Hawks rallied back to tie the set at 20-20 on a kill from Ashlyn Hamilton. Then, trailing 24-23, VCSU scored the next three straight points including a Bailey Nelson kill to take set one, 26-24.
The Vikings narrowly trailed 10-7 in the second set when the Blue Hawks took a 6-1 rally to lead 16-8. Valley City State got back within four points on a kill from Bailey Nelson at 19-15 but couldn’t get closer as Dickinson State took the second set 25-17.
Mrs Cleveland is one of 11,534 Norfolk patients who had waited a year or more for routine surgeries by November last year, and as the battle to contain the Covid pandemic overwhelms the NHS, waiting times for non-coronavirus treatments are set to get even longer.
Erin Escott, 21 from Loddon, has been waiting since late 2019 for an operation at the Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital (NNUH) to remove her gallstones.
She described the pain from daily attacks as excruciating and said her mental health has deteriorated to the point where she doesn’t recognise herself anymore.
Erin Escott says her painful gallstones have affected both her physical and mental health
Mrs Cleveland is one of 11,534 Norfolk patients who had waited a year or more for routine surgeries by November last year, and as the battle to contain the Covid pandemic overwhelms the NHS, waiting times for non-coronavirus treatments are set to get even longer.
Erin Escott, 21 from Loddon, has been waiting since late 2019 for an operation at the Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital (NNUH) to remove her gallstones.
She described the pain from daily attacks as excruciating and said her mental health has deteriorated to the point where she doesn’t recognise herself anymore.
Erin Escott says her painful gallstones have affected both her physical and mental health
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