NHS England performance figures also reveal that 23 per cent patients were not treated within 28 days of their cancellation, in breach of standards – and the total number of people waiting for consultant-led NHS hospital treatment in March reached a record 6.36 million.
The University of Sheffield and Sheffield Children’s NHS Foundation Trust have officially opened the Julia Garnham Centre, a new genomic pre-screening facility, which helps NHS geneticists to diagnose blood cancers.
Thousands of doctors have revealed the impact that working during the pandemic has had on their mental health and wellbeing, in a major British Medical Association survey that exposes how a year of unparalleled pressure has pushed an understaffed and exhausted workforce to the brink.