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One in seven who need hospital treatment in Greater Manchester have spent over a year on the waiting list

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Don't miss a thing by getting the day's biggest stories sent direct to your inbox One in seven people who need hospital treatment have already spent more than a year on the waiting list in parts of Greater Manchester as the health service remains "in an incredibly precarious state." Numbers have increased due to the impact of the pandemic and across the UK, the number waiting more than a year for hospital treatment has rocketed to 387,885 at the end of February - or one in 12 people on the waiting list.

Dr David Wrigley, BMA council deputy chair has highlighted that behind the figures are people facing "months of pain and anguish as they wait for vital treatment." In total, 35,587 people in Greater Manchester had been on waiting lists more

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