"There's human suffering behind the numbers": The 30,000 patients in Greater Manchester waiting over a YEAR for hospital treatment
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manchestereveningnews.co.ukGet the day's biggest stories sent direct to your inbox so you never miss a thing GPs in Greater Manchester say patients on a list of nearly 30,000 who have waited more than a year for hospital treatment are returning ‘over and over again’ for help with pain management.
Although the number of patients waiting more than 52 or 104 weeks has reduced since May, the sheer volume of people on the list for non-urgent treatment - including outpatient appointments - continues to rise.
Since before the pandemic, the hospital waiting list in Greater Manchester has grown by nearly 100,000 names. That includes people waiting for life-changing operations like hip and knee replacements, as well as breast reconstructions following a mastectomy or a
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