193,000 NHS patients a month waiting beyond target time for surgery

[Northerner]

An increasing number of patients are having to endure long waits for operations, according to a study that provides the latest evidence of the NHS’s failure to meet waiting time targets because hospitals are so busy.

Analysis by the Royal College of Surgeons found that over the past year an average of 193,406 people a month did not get surgery within 18 weeks of being referred.

The figure compares with 139,240 the previous year and 105,427 four years ago, and is the NHS’s worst performance by this measure since 2008. It covers patients waiting for operations including for broken limbs, traumatic injuries, brain conditions and eye problems.

https://www.theguardian.com/society...nts-a-month-waiting-beyond-target-for-surgery

 

[trophywench]

What about the cancer patients? Pete's wasn't within that even when they'd told him the date, it was still cancelled twice - on the day. And that was in 2015 - so we now it's even worse now!

 

[grovesy]

What about the cancer patients? Pete's wasn't within that even when they'd told him the date, it was still cancelled twice - on the day. And that was in 2015 - so we now it's even worse now!

Cancer targets are been missed, it is just they are are reporting as an add on to other problems.

 

[mikeyB]

Now, can any of you remember which government has been in power since all these figures started rising and rising? Jeremy Hunt is just the latest health Minister to oversee the death of NHS England. Have you forgotten that Jeremy Hunt co authored a policy book which outlined a blueprint for the NHS to be replaced by a compulsory private insurance scheme?

How soon do you think this will be proposed as the answer to all these problems? I can afford it, but not if they exclude pre existing conditions, I've got most of them.

 

[grovesy]

Well having worked in NHS most of 70's, all of 80's,90's, and 00's, all governments have used it as a political pawn.

 

[Dave W]

For the past 30 years at least, ALL political parties have used the caring services - health, education, social services as political pawns/footballs. Promises, promises, promises and then find reasons to not fulfill them, usually by blaming previous goverments.