![]() ![]() Health Secretary Steve Barclay said: "We must use every available resource to deliver life-saving checks to ease pressure on the NHS. Mr Sunak made cutting NHS waiting lists one of his five priorities to the public in a speech he gave in January - but last month, he said industrial action in the health service had made his mission "more challenging".Īnalysis by Sky News carried out in May found that the number of people waiting more than a year for hospital treatment is 186 times higher than before the pandemic began. NHS waiting lists stood at 7.47 million at the end of May, the highest number since records began in 2007. ![]() Thirteen new community diagnostics centres (CDCs) will be opened across England to carry out an additional 742,000 scans, checks and tests per year.Įight of the new facilities will be operated by the private sector - but despite this, all services will remain free to patients. The government is turning to the private sector in an attempt to cut NHS waiting lists.
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