NHS backlogs and waiting times in England : forty-fourth report of session 2021–22 : report, together with formal minutes relating to the report.
by Hillier, Meg.Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons. Committee of Public Accounts.
Series: House of Commons papers. Session 2021-2022 ; HC 747 (16 March 2022).Publisher: House of Commons, London : 2022.Description: 23p.Summary: This report finds that the NHS has not met the 18-week maximum waiting time standard for elective care since February 2016 nor the eight key standards for cancer care in totality since 2014. It concludes that any transparent and realistic assessment of what elective and cancer care services can achieve by 2024–25 needs to include an assessment of the number of staff that will be available, how staff who have been working under intense and consistent pressure will be supported, and how patients will be kept informed about their own progress through waiting lists..Subject(s): patient waiting time | patient referral | waiting lists | access to health services | elective admissions | waiting list reductions | costs | NHS | health policy | government policy | Covid-19 | pandemics | evaluationDigital copyAvailability: Online access List(s) this item appears in: Introduction to the NHS in England [February 2023] | Covid-19: health and social care recovery in England [January 2023]
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This report finds that the NHS has not met the 18-week maximum waiting time standard for elective care since February 2016 nor the eight key standards for cancer care in totality since 2014. It concludes that any transparent and realistic assessment of what elective and cancer care services can achieve by 2024–25 needs to include an assessment of the number of staff that will be available, how staff who have been working under intense and consistent pressure will be supported, and how patients will be kept informed about their own progress through waiting lists.
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