NHS pressures – future trends

NHS pressures – future trends We are aware that the NHS is under growing pressure, with A&E attendances, waiting times and admissions all on the rise in recent years. We are undertaking regular analysis on our new pressure points in the NHS webpage, where we have highlighted several worrying trends as spiralling demand outstrips the ability of services to cope.

Based on current trends, our assessment is that unless urgent action is taken, millions more patients will be waiting for longer than four hours for treatment in A&E, and there will be dramatic rises in the number of people waiting on trolleys for treatment, or at home for non-emergency elective procedures. The British Medical Association

See also:

• A&E wait times of more than four hours to affect a million more people The Guardian