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Analysis by bbc news shows 13% fewer routine operations are taking place compared to the beginning of 2020. our health correspondent sophie hutchinson has been speaking to some of those affected. i haven't always been able to walk as far as i'd like to walk. specifically due to the hernia, especially early on when it was very painful. marcus has been waiting for a hernia operation for close to four years. during that time, he's received just one letter from the hospital. now it's more about how it looks, how it appears, even. it's obvious now, when i'm standing up and walking, i can't get away...

Sophie hutchinson has been speaking to some of those affected. i haven't always been able to walk as far as i'd like to walk. specifically due to the hernia, especially early on when it was very painful. marcus has been waiting for a hernia operation for close to four years. during that time, he's received just one letter from the hospital. now it's more about how it looks, how it appears, even. it's obvious now, when i'm standing up and walking, i can't get away from it. i can't conceal it any more. so i try and... i tend to stay home. there are now nearly seven million people waiting for nhs...

Specifically due to the hernia, especially early on when it was very painful. marcus has been waiting for a hernia operation for close to four years. during that time, he's received just one letter from the hospital. now it's more about how it looks, how it appears, it's obvious now when i'm standing up and walking. i can't get away from it. i can't conceal it any more, so i tend to stay home. a record one in every eight people in england is currently waiting for nhs treatment, but the number of operations being carried out is 12% lower than it was before the pandemic, and outpatient clinics a...

What happened was they had an unexpected number of people calling out sick yesterday. i asked folks within the faa, what happened? did everybody get covid? no, not necessarily. did everybody have a hernia operation, what happened? they didn't have a good answer other than to say multiple people were out sick. as you know, this is the most congested, complicated air space in the country. and you can't take somebody, for example, from a smaller facility and slide them into the new york air space as a controller necessarily. it requires a lot of training, a lot of expertise. so they were down cor...

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