Prolapsed organs and paralysis among conditions patients are left to endure as a result of ballooning waiting lists
Prolapsed organs, bouts of paralysis and an unexplored heart problem: these are among the conditions patients in the UK are being left to endure as a result of ballooning NHS waiting lists.
More than 7.6 million people in England – about one in seven – were waiting for treatment in December, latest NHS England data shows, with two in five of them (3.3m) waiting for more than four months and one in 20 (337,450) having to wait longer than a year.
Continue reading…Prolapsed organs and paralysis among conditions patients are left to endure as a result of ballooning waiting listsProlapsed organs, bouts of paralysis and an unexplored heart problem: these are among the conditions patients in the UK are being left to endure as a result of ballooning NHS waiting lists.More than 7.6 million people in England – about one in seven – were waiting for treatment in December, latest NHS England data shows, with two in five of them (3.3m) waiting for more than four months and one in 20 (337,450) having to wait longer than a year. Continue reading…