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NHS ready listing evaluation reveals ‘decade of distress’ below Tories, says union

The Tory Get together has been accused of presiding over a ‘decade of distress’ by the Royal Faculty of Nursing (RCN) after evaluation of NHS ready lists in England confirmed simply how a lot they’ve elevated. 

New evaluation by the nurses’ union confirmed that the variety of sufferers ready greater than a yr for therapy had sky-rocketed from round 700 in 2014, to over 300,000 a decade later.

In A&E, the variety of folks ready greater than 12 hours rose from 23 in 2014 to over 42,000 in 2024, one other startling bounce that the RCN stated displays the decline in high quality of look after sufferers and Rishi Sunak’s failure to sort out the ready listing disaster. 

The Prime Minister promised to carry down NHS ready lists, nonetheless he was pressured to confess in February that he had failed on this pledge. 

The most recent NHS figures launched immediately confirmed that the general variety of remedies ready to be carried out has stayed the identical as final month, at simply over 7.5 million. That is greater than double the quantity in 2014 when 3 million have been ready. 

RCN chief Pat Cullen stated the size of decline over the previous decade was “staggering” as she referred to as on the federal government to deal with the “continual” employees shortages in nursing which has contributed to delays in care. 

“Sufferers have endured a decade of rising distress, and they’re being failed by the prime minister’s lack of ability to grip this case.” Basic Secretary Pat Cullen stated.

“Regardless of how the federal government tries to chop the figures, one in 9 folks in England ready for therapy is stunning.

“In ten years, the numbers on ready lists have greater than doubled whereas harmful 12-hour waits in A&E have gone from impacting only a handful of individuals to turning into the norm for tens of 1000’s. Whether or not in emergency departments or at house, there might be little doubt that sufferers could have died ready for the federal government to get its act collectively.

She added: “The size of the decline within the final ten years is staggering and the pandemic is just not the basis trigger. Behind these figures are folks struggling in ache, many unable to get on with their lives. 

“The prime minister should face the reality head on and acknowledge that bringing and retaining ready lists down requires funding within the nursing workforce.”

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Hannah Davenport is information reporter at Left Foot Ahead

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