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NHS waiting-list backlog will take YEARS to clear as six million face treatment delays, warns Sajid Javid

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The NHS waiting list for hospital treatment will not start falling for two years, Sajid Javid has warned. Health Secretary Javid said six million people are on the waiting list - one in a nine of the population.

And he admitted this number would probably increase. READ MOREPatients could soon use new NHS online platform to see operation waiting times Javid set out in the Commons how the NHS would tackle the backlog built up during the Covid pandemic.

This included new targets for reducing long waits and getting people checked for illnesses more quickly. He also set out plans to reduce waiting times for cancer treatment.

About six million people in England, one in nine of the population, are currently on the NHS waiting list for treatments, including hip and knee replacements, cataract surgery and tests.

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