One year on from the backlog recovery plan : what next for NHS waiting lists?
by Warner, Max; Zaranko, Ben.Institute for Fiscal Studies.
Series: IFS Report ; R241 (February 2023).Publisher: IFS, London : 2023.Description: 15p.ISBN: 9781801031202.Summary: In February 2022, NHS England published its plan to tackle the backlog of elective care ['Delivery plan for tackling the Covid-19 backlog of elective care'], which had surged following the onset of the pandemic. Since then, as widely expected, waiting lists for NHS treatment in England have continued to grow, increasing by around one million between February and November 2022 to just shy of 7.2 million incomplete treatment pathways. This report examines whether the NHS is on track to achieve the challenging ambitions laid out in its backlog recovery plan and present a number of different scenarios for waiting lists over the next two years. .Subject(s): NHS | waiting lists | waiting list reductions | patient waiting time | strategic plans | future trends | effectiveness | evaluation | EnglandDigital copyAvailability: Online access | Associated documentation List(s) this item appears in: Introduction to the NHS in England [February 2023] | Current and future demands on health & social care [May 2023]
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In February 2022, NHS England published its plan to tackle the backlog of elective care ['Delivery plan for tackling the Covid-19 backlog of elective care'], which had surged following the onset of the pandemic. Since then, as widely expected, waiting lists for NHS treatment in England have continued to grow, increasing by around one million between February and November 2022 to just shy of 7.2 million incomplete treatment pathways. This report examines whether the NHS is on track to achieve the challenging ambitions laid out in its backlog recovery plan and present a number of different scenarios for waiting lists over the next two years.
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