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Aug 2021
According to think tank, NHS England waiting list could soar to fourteen million by autumn 2022
An influential think tank has warned that the NHS waiting list in England could soar to 14 million by the autumn of next year and keep growing.
The Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) said in their new report that if millions of patients who missed out on care during the pandemic seek medical attention, then the number joining the waiting list could outstrip the number being treated.
Health secretary Sajid Javid recently warned that England’s NHS waiting lists could rocket to 13 million. The IFS have stated the number could top this figure if most of the approaching seven million ‘missing’ patients return to the health service in the next year.
The think tank added “Under this scenario, waiting lists could soar to 14 million by the autumn of 2022 and then continue to climb, as the number joining the waiting list exceeds the number being treated.”
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