New hospital opens to deal with NHS backlog | 5 News

► NHS staff are working hard to clear up the backlog caused by the pandemic, but it's a huge task.

Figures at the end of January showed 6.1 million people were on a waiting list for treatment in England, with more than 310 thousand waiting more than a year. Well a new hospital's opened in Berkshire hoping to show how the problem can be dealt with



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[rmkp]

Regarding the statement above the backlog being caused by the pandemic, the backlog is actually caused by the decisions of Whitehall politburo cascading down the management structures of the health service.

[Scitch-etvk]

Too much immigration our tiny island services cannot cope with it all sadly

[adamadamant]

Must be tough having to treat people, as opposed to injecting them with poison or making tik tok videos!