Published:
4:53 PM May 6, 2021
Updated:
5:43 PM May 6, 2021
The number of who have been people waiting for hospital treatment for over a year in Suffolk and north Essex has soared during lockdown
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There are nearly 7,000 people in Suffolk and north Essex who have been on their hospital waiting list for treatment for over a year will they turn to private healthcare instead?
Data from NHS England shows in February 2020, before the Covid-19 pandemic hit, there were just 17 people in the region who had been waiting for more than 12 months.
Now, data from February 2021 shows there are 3,267 who have been on the list at West Suffolk Hospital for more than a year, with 3,503 people waiting at Ipswich and Colchester hospitals.
Published:
4:53 PM May 6, 2021
Updated:
5:43 PM May 6, 2021
The number of who have been people waiting for hospital treatment for over a year in Suffolk and north Essex has soared during lockdown
- Credit: Getty Images/iStockphoto
There are nearly 7,000 people in Suffolk and north Essex who have been on their hospital waiting list for treatment for over a year will they turn to private healthcare instead?
Data from NHS England shows in February 2020, before the Covid-19 pandemic hit, there were just 17 people in the region who had been waiting for more than 12 months.
Now, data from February 2021 shows there are 3,267 who have been on the list at West Suffolk Hospital for more than a year, with 3,503 people waiting at Ipswich and Colchester hospitals.
Published:
5:30 AM May 5, 2021
Ipswich Hospital car park will have automatic number plate recognition technology (ANPR) from May 10
- Credit: Simon Parker
New machines to allow payment by cash, card or phone are being installed in Ipswich Hospital car park, as well as automatic number plate recognition technology.
The automatic number plate recognition (ANPR) system will mean staff and visitors should only pay for the time they use, rather than having to estimate how long they need for their stay.
The new technology will be in place from Monday, May 10, with charges and exemptions remaining the same. However, it will include a drop-off and pick-up time so any vehicles on site for up to 30 minutes are not charged.
Published:
5:30 AM May 5, 2021
Updated:
10:15 AM May 5, 2021
Ipswich Hospital car park will have automatic number plate recognition technology (ANPR) from May 10
- Credit: Simon Parker
New machines to allow payment by cash, card or phone are being installed in Ipswich Hospital car park, as well as automatic number plate recognition technology.
The automatic number plate recognition (ANPR) system will mean staff and visitors should only pay for the time they use, rather than having to estimate how long they need for their stay.
The new technology will be in place from Monday, May 10, with charges and exemptions remaining the same. However, it will include a drop-off and pick-up time so any vehicles on site for up to 30 minutes are not charged.
Colchester Hospital to introduce extra shifts to manage waiting list backlog MORE than 55,000 people were waiting to start treatment at the trust which runs Colchester Hospital at the end of February, figures reveal. Health organisations have warned of the pandemic’s “catastrophic” impact on NHS services as new data shows the number of people in England waiting to begin hospital treatment has risen to a new record high. NHS England’s latest figures revealed 55,312 patients at the East Suffolk and North Essex Foundation Trust were waiting to start treatment at the end of February. The proportion of patients at the trust waiting within 18 weeks for treatment stood at 62.7 per cent - the NHS operation standard is 92 per cent.