Doctors’ strikes postpone 1.4million NHS appointments – adding 430k ops to mammoth wait list
DOCTORS’ strikes have added nearly half a million operations to the NHS waiting list, the health service estimates.
NHS England officials reckon the impact has extended the backlog by 430,000.
AlamyJunior doctors’ strikes have had the biggest impact on the NHS[/caption]It is currently at 7.6million after peaking at 7.8m in September.
Ministers have clashed with unions after blaming the strikes for patient misery and a failure to meet Rishi Sunak’s pledge to cut waiting lists last year.
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