Covid: NHS backlog in England could reach 13 million, says Sajid Javid
Sajid Javid says waiting list projections “shocked me the most” in his first days as health secretary. …
“It’s gone up from 3.5 million to 5.3 million as of today, and I said to the officials, so what do you mean ‘a lot worse’, thinking maybe it goes from 5.3 million to six million, seven million. They said no, it’s going to go up by millions… it could go as high as 13 million.