Virtual wards and pop-up clinics part of £160m initiative to cut waiting lists
Aine Fox, PA
12 May 2021, 9:42 pm
Virtual wards, 3D eye scanners and at-home antibiotic kits are among the new initiatives to be trialled as part of a multimillion-pound effort to tackle lengthy waiting lists in the NHS.
Funding of £160 million has been announced by NHS England to aid the health service’s recovery after the pandemic.
Figures last month revealed the number of people in England waiting to begin hospital treatment had risen to a new record.
A total of 4.7 million people were waiting to start treatment at the end of February – the highest figure since records began in August 2007.