Managing NHS backlogs and waiting times in England

Managing NHS backlogs and waiting times in England According to the National Audit Office report, the plan to reduce long waits for NHS elective and cancer care services by 2025 is at serious risk. The funding government allocated for recovering services has not kept pace with inflation, and the NHS faces significant workforce and productivity issues.

See also:

• No amount of money will clear the NHS backlog without the people to deliver it BMA
• National Audit Office’s (NAO) report on managing NHS backlogs and waiting times in England The King's Fund
• NHS Providers responds to NAO warning on backlog recovery NHS Providers
• Tackling backlogs no easy feat for NHS on its knees Nuffield Trust
• NHS care backlog push at serious risk - National Audit Office BBC News
• NHS Covid recovery plan to tackle record waiting list and boost cancer care is at 'serious risk', Government watchdog warns The Daily Mail
• Advice and guidance heaping pressure on GPs and may not cut NHS backlog, warns NAO GPonline
• Plan to cut NHS England elective care backlog at serious risk, watchdog says The Guardian