Fury greets prediction that 14m could be waiting for NHS treatment next year
Urgent new investment demanded as heart surgery queue set to double
Hospital staff on one of five Covid-19 wards at Whiston Hospital in Merseyside where patients are taken to recover from the virus in October 2020
UNIONS, medics and opposition leaders are demanding urgent new NHS investment today as reports estimate that waiting lists could hit 14 million next year.
The Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) has predicted that the number of people waiting for treatment in England could hit the colossal milestone next autumn, warning that those joining waiting lists could even outstrip patients being treated.
And the British Heart Foundation charity (BHF) estimates today that the queue for specialist heart surgery will be 15,385 by February, approaching twice the number who were waiting before the Covid-19 crisis.
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