Lessons from the 2000s: the ambition to reduce waits must be matched with patience and realism

Lessons from the 2000s: the ambition to reduce waits must be matched with patience and realism As a result of Covid-19 waiting times for NHS treatment, already an issue before the pandemic, have grown to historic highs – or have they? Richard Murray compares current waiting times to those seen in the 2000s – and asks what we can learn from the last time the NHS tackled long waits. The King's Fund