‘National tragedy’: figures show large rise in people dying while on NHS waiting list

‘National tragedy’: figures show large rise in people dying while on NHS waiting list More than 120,000 people in England died last year while on the NHS waiting list for hospital treatment, figures obtained by Labour appear to show.

That would be a record high number of such deaths, and is double the 60,000 patients who died in 2017/18.

For example, the Royal Free hospital in London said it had had 3,615 such deaths, while there were 2,888 at the Morecambe Bay trust in Cumbria and 2,039 at Leeds teaching hospitals trust. The Guardian

See also:

• Patient deaths while on NHS waiting lists 'terrible indictment of this Government's mismanagement' BMA
• Over 120,000 patients died last year on NHS waiting lists as backlog soared: Official data The Daily Mail
• Hospital waiting list deaths double in five years The Daily Telegraph
• More than 121,000 people died waiting for NHS treatment in 2022, Labour says The Independent