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Jul 2021
Pandemic causes operation delays for thousands in Cumbria and North East
It has been revealed that over 14,000 patients in Cumbria and the North East have been waiting longer than a year for non-emergency operations as a result of the coronavirus pandemic. According to NHS figures, the figure in February 2020 was just 66.
The government have said they were spending an additional £1bn nationally in tackling delays.
Northumbria Healthcare NHS Trust said its waiting times are now reducing, partly because of new ways of doing things, such as concentrating coronavirus patients in one hospital so others can ramp up elective cases. It is also reducing large numbers of visits to hospitals through remote appointments.
Dr Eliot Sykes, a consultant at the trust, said “We now see approximately 35 per cent of our patients virtually. That’s about 13,000 patients a month. It’s a massive transformation.
A spokesperson from the Department of Health and Social Care said the NHS had faced “significant challenges over the past year” and that “staff have ensured routine operations have rebounded quickly, with 1.1 million people beginning elective treatment in April alone.”
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Posted by Karen Motley, Clinical Negligence Department, Chadwick Lawrence LLP (tonymay@chadlaw.co.uk ), medical negligence lawyers and clinical negligence solicitors in Huddersfield, Leeds, Wakefield and Halifax, West Yorkshire.
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