Managing NHS backlogs and waiting times in England : thirty-eighth report of session 2022–23 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 2022-2023 ; HC 729 (1 March 2023).Publisher: House of Commons, London : 2023.Description: 22p.Summary: This report finds that cancer waiting times are at their worst recorded level and NHS England will not meet its first cancer recovery target. Though the first target for elective care was to eliminate two-year waits by July 2022, in August 2022 there were 2,600 patients who had been waiting more than two years, and a record 7 million people on waiting lists in total. The report states that NHS England made unrealistic assumptions about the first year of recovery, including that there would be low levels of Covid-19 and minimal adverse effects from winter pressures. The Committee expresses serious doubts that the wider NHS recovery plan will be achieved to time..Subject(s): patient waiting time | patient referral | waiting lists | access to health services | cancer services | elective admissions | waiting list reductions | performance | costs | NHS | England | health policy | government policy | Covid-19 | pandemics | evaluationDigital copyAvailability: Online access List(s) this item appears in: Covid-19: health and social care recovery in England [January 2023] | Introduction to the NHS in England [February 2023]
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This report finds that cancer waiting times are at their worst recorded level and NHS England will not meet its first cancer recovery target. Though the first target for elective care was to eliminate two-year waits by July 2022, in August 2022 there were 2,600 patients who had been waiting more than two years, and a record 7 million people on waiting lists in total. The report states that NHS England made unrealistic assumptions about the first year of recovery, including that there would be low levels of Covid-19 and minimal adverse effects from winter pressures. The Committee expresses serious doubts that the wider NHS recovery plan will be achieved to time.
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