10 h. ago NHS waiting lists: Working age people a growing proportion of those needing help

The figures, analysed by the PA news agency, show 56.1% of those on the NHS waiting list at the end of June this year were of working age.

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4 d. ago Mental health care ‘being rationed’ over failure to cut spiralling waiting list, top doctor warns

Some 1.7 million patients are waiting for community mental health care - with more than 48,000 waiting more than two years to be seen

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7 d. ago NHS waiting list falls to its lowest in two years – but doctors’ strike threatens to reverse it, experts warn

The NHS waiting list for England has dropped to 7.36 million, new data reveals

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8 d. ago Number of patients in UK waiting for lifesaving organ transplant at record high

More than 8,000 people, including almost 300 children, are on waiting list, as NHS sees sharp drop in donorsThe number of patients waiting for a lifesaving organ transplant in the UK has increased to a record high while there has been a sharp drop in donors, official figures show.More than 8,000 people, including almost 300 children, are on the transplant waiting list, according to NHS Blood and Transplant (NHSBT). With nearly another 4,000 in need of an organ but temporarily off the list because they are too sick or unavailable for an operation, it means almost 12,000 people are living in limbo, waiting for the call that can mean the difference between life and death. Continue reading...

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8 d. ago NHS transplant waiting list reaches record high as patients stuck in 'limbo'

12,000 Brits are waiting for a life saving organ donation amid an increase in the number of families not supporting donation at the bedside as one mum admits she's 'scared' it'll come too late

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2 w. ago Almost one in five NHS operations now carried out in private hospitals

The waiting list for routine hospital treatment in England has fallen to its lowest level for two years

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2 w. ago Killer police officer Wayne Couzens is 'allowed to jump waiting list' for £17,000 back operation on the NHS

Couzens, 52, who was found guilty of the kidnapping, rape and murder of Sarah Everard, was escorted from HMP Frankland in Durham to a nearby hospital for a lumbar procedure.

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3 w. ago Scottish Government must solve NHS waiting list crisis as service 'is dying'

"The reality is we now have a two-tier system where those who can afford it pay and those who cannot have to continue suffering."

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