At least 350,000 patients face waiting a year or more for NHS treatment, a leading analyst warned yesterday. And the cost of clearing the backlog could rise to £5.4billion, a healthcare charity said as calls grew for ministers to draft in the private sector.
Other grim predictions include… A RETURN to the long waiting lists of nearly 30 years ago, with patients in agony or facing early death from operable conditions.
A SIX-YEAR slog by medics to get lists back to pre-pandemic levels. An EXTRA consultants and 10,000 nurses needed to make any meaningful inroads into the list.
Expert Rob Findlay said thousands of people already on the NHS waiting list for 44 weeks or more will not be treated by March.
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