NHS waiting lists sit at record levels, yet the Royal College of Physicians finds time to produce a Green Physician Toolkit, which reads like a parody and would be amusing if it wasn't so serious, says our in-house doctor.
Labour blames the Tories for the state of the NHS. The Tories blame striking Leftist doctors. In this Punch and Judy show, neither will admit that the eye-watering waiting lists are because of lockdown, says Alex Kriel.
The NHS told Steve Wallis that he had to wait over a year for his "urgent" prostate operation, leaving him living with a catheter that severely limited his quality of life.
NHS waiting lists have soared to another record high following the wave of strike-induced carnage, adding to the toll of the pandemic years and leaving one in eight people waiting in an NHS queue.
The NHS waiting list for routine operations has topped 7 million for the first time, leaving 1 in 8 people in England waiting for treatment. The number out of work due to long-term sickness is at a record high of 2.5m.
NHS bureaucracy has doubled since the start of the pandemic despite little change in the size of the frontline workforce, a new report reveals, as a record 6.4 million people are on waiting lists.
The NHS may be popular with politicians but it no longer is with the public – and with good reason, according to a new report from think tank Civitas.
The NHS is in such chaos that the London Ambulance Service has asked for volunteers to drive emergency cases to hospital. Volunteers will have to use their own vehicles and will not get a siren and flashing lights.
