First year of NHS England’s three-year recovery programme already falling short In a report today the Public Accounts Committee says cancer waiting times are at their worst recorded level and NHS England will not meet its first cancer recovery target. Though the first target for elective care was to eliminate two-year waits by July 2022, in August 2022 there were 2,600 patients who had been waiting more than two years, and a record 7 million people on waiting lists in total.
NHS England made unrealistic assumptions about the first year of recovery, including that there would be low levels of COVID-19 and minimal adverse effects from winter pressures. The Committee expresses serious doubts that the wider NHS recovery plan will be achieved to time.
See also:
- £14bn plan to reduce NHS cancer backlogs in England is failing, MPs say The Guardian
- NHS in ‘full blown crisis’ and will miss targets to cut cancer waiting lists, MPs warn The Independent
- NHS in England is set to miss key targets on urgent care, report reveals ITV News
- NHS England set to miss two key targets of COVID recovery plan, new report warns, as MP says health service is in 'full-blow crisis' Sky News
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