A pilot project is being launched across Worcestershire to tackle growing waiting lists. HEALTH bosses are running a pilot scheme with patients in a bid to tackle rising waiting lists. A group of 1,000 patients will be contacted via an automated telephone system this week to update longstanding, unseen referrals with current information, and to check if their appointments are still needed. Rising NHS waiting lists have been one of the major fallouts in health care as a result of the Covid pandemic. Graham James, deputy chief medical officer at Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust, said: “As a result of the pandemic, more patients are currently waiting for a specialist appointment and we are working hard to reduce the list.
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