Sajid Javid warns NHS waiting lists backlog could reach 13m (England)

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The new health secretary, Sajid Javid, has warned that NHS waiting lists could rocket to 13m in the coming months as concerns rise over the backlog faced by the health service.

Speaking to the Sunday Telegraph, Javid said the growing number of people waiting for non-Covid treatment on the NHS had been what shocked him the most since returning to the cabinet following Matt Hancock’s resignation.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2...-at-boris-johnsons-plan-for-covid-freedom-day
“What shocked me the most is when I was told that the waiting list is going to get a lot worse before it gets better,” he said.

“It’s gone up from 3.5m to 5.3m as of today, and I said to the officials so what do you mean ‘a lot worse’, thinking maybe it goes from 5.3m to 6m, 7m. They said no, it’s going to go up by millions … it could go as high as 13m.

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Sajid Javid warns NHS waiting lists backlog could reach 13m

Health secretary reveals ‘shock’ at figure, saying situation will get worse before it gets better
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So, when they say the NHS has not been overwhelmed, what exactly do ministers think this is? :(
 
This is a direct consquence of test and trace forcing perfectly healthy people to self-isolate.

We need a better solution than this.

Doubly vaccinated NHS staff should not be self-isolating unless they have covid themselves. I think that's priobably the only way out of this.
 
If you remember, Boris promised 40 new hospitals. That might fix it, but not a sod has been turned. And dare I mention his other lie, that there would be £350m a week for the NHS if we exited the EU.

Each new Tory Health Minister is always shocked by the state of NHS England. And it hasn’t been caused by Covid, so he’s started out lying. Before Covid, the waiting list was 4m. And if he thinks it could go as high as 15m, then why are we easing Covid restrictions? That were imposed, as they kept saying, to protect the NHS. They knew it wouldn’t be able to cope, it’s been underfunded for years. Fiddling with the Test and Trace rules is simply wallpapering over the cracks.
 
mikeyB said:
Each new Tory Health Minister is always shocked by the state of NHS England. And it hasn’t been caused by Covid, so he’s started out lying. Before Covid, the waiting list was 4m. And if he thinks it could go as high as 15m, then why are we easing Covid restrictions? That were imposed, as they kept saying, to protect the NHS. They knew it wouldn’t be able to cope, it’s been underfunded for years. Fiddling with the Test and Trace rules is simply wallpapering over the cracks.
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This is why I cannot bear to see Jeremy Hunt in his role as Health Select Committee Chair, pretending to be all concerned about the problems in health and social care that he was instrumental in creating as Health Secretary 2012-2018 😡 The epitome of hypocrisy 😡 He either has no self-awareness or no shame, quite possibly both :(
 
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