BBCNEWS BBC News at One March 10, 2022 13:27:00
Have been waiting two years or more which are really particularly worrying. those are people in need of hip replacements, knee replacements and hernias, that kind of thing. in april last year there were around 3000 of those people, but between december and january, in just one month this year, it rose by 3000 patients and it's now at 24,000 patients, which is a huge concern. the pandemic has clearly had a pretty devastating impact on the normal workings of the nhs. some trusts are trying to do things differently but think tanks are saying really we need more staff if it is to make a significan...