East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust chief executive Nick Hulme
- Credit: Archant Super weekends and mobile theatres could help cut Ipswich and Colchester hospitals long list of patients waiting for surgery following the coronavirus crisis.
The pandemic meant many operations and surgeries had to be cancelled while the hospitals dealt with the national health emergency.
The number of people waiting more than a year for elective surgery across Ipswich, Felixstowe and Colchester hospitals has risen from fewer than 20 people before lockdown to 3,500 now.
Ipswich and Colchester hospitals chief executive Nick Hulme said it was the largest waiting list he has ever seen.
"Super weekends" and mobile theatres could help cut Ipswich and Colchester hospitals' long list of patients waiting for surgery following the coronavirus crisis.