BBCNEWS NHS October 1, 2021 02:37:00
A knee replacement operation. they say we're the forgotten ones, it seems. and i'm looking at £20,000 per knee. this isn't money i have sitting in my bank account, says this patient, i can assure you. they are one of over 680,000 people on the trauma and orthopaedic waiting list. it is the longest in england. i don't know how you cope with that, i don't know how you get on with your life, while you're waiting for something as significant as that to help, to help you live normally. for a growing number of people, waiting for six, 12, even 2a months is just too much to cope with — both physic...