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224,000 waiting longer than 52 weeks A total of 4.52 million people are currently on the NHS waiting list, with 224,000 of those waiting longer than 52 weeks. Speaking to Times Radio, Mr Mortimer said that honesty from both politicians and the NHS with the public about the scale of the task will be “really, really important”. Efforts will be needed to “explain as clearly as we can what is going to happen and what sort of choices are being made, and sadly how long it is going to take for us to get back to where we desperately want to be,” he added. President of the Royal College of Surgeon, Professor Neil Mortensen, said “a big plan” will be needed to tackle the waiting list issue.
NHS waiting lists at 20-year high - what are your rights? (PA) NHS waiting lists are going to take many years to tackle, the NHS Confederation chief executive has said. Healthcare waiting lists in the UK are now longer than they have been for about 20 years. Danny Mortimer said that once the impacts of the spike of Covid-19 in January and February are understood, waiting lists are “still going to be significantly higher than we have seen for a very, very long time”. 224,000 waiting longer than 52 weeks A total of 4.52 million people are currently on the NHS waiting list, with 224,000 of those waiting longer than 52 weeks.