Arthritis patients left in 'excruciating pain' as NHS waiting times soar - iNews

Arthritis patients left in 'excruciating pain' as NHS waiting times soar The NHS backlog is leaving arthritis patients in “excruciating pain” with hundreds of thousands waiting months for life-changing surgery.

More than 588,000 people were waiting for elective trauma and orthopaedic surgery at the start of 2021, the largest list in over a decade, according to the British Orthopaedic Association. iNews