BBCNEWS BBC News February 10, 2022 09:55:00
Gone over 6 million. 6.1 million people were waiting to start treatment at the end of december 2021, according to nhs england, the highest number since records began backin highest number since records began back in august 2007. just to give you some more context, the number of people having to wait more than 52 weeks to start treatment is 310,000, so people are waiting a year to start routine hospital treatment. if you heard the health secretary the other day, sajid javid, he said, things are still going to get even worse before they get start to get better in 2024. so the figures today, 6.1 ...