NHS waiting lists could rise to 14 million in England next year – report
Currently five million people are on hospital waiting lists, but there is a warning of a hidden backlog. …
There have been repeated warnings over the length of hospital waiting lists in England. A record number of patients are currently waiting for surgery – such as hip or knee replacements – with more than 385,000 patients waiting more than a year, compared to just 1,600 before the pandemic.