A record number of patients are waiting to start routine hospital treatment, latest figures from NHS England show - and analysis by Sky News suggests the backlog of patients is far worse in some areas than others
Although less than a fifth of the peak earlier this year, there were more than 275 COVID-19 patients across two large hospital trusts in Birmingham as of 12 August.
Other CCG areas with the highest proportion of people waiting for treatment, such as Bury, Salford andIt was revealed earlier thatOf those, a record 3.8 million patients were waiting for treatment within 18 weeks - an increase of 174,248 on the previous month.The number of people waiting for more than a year to begin treatment has reduced by nearly a third since reaching a peak of more than 430,000 people in March.
At the end of June, 304,803 people were waiting for more than 52 weeks - down by 31,930 from the previous month. Professor Stephen Powis, national medical director for NHS England, said the health service was taking care of the"highest ever number of patients" over the summer"to tackle theNHS England also released statistics showing A&E attendances in July rose by 36.2% to 2,162,799 compared to the same month last year.It seems the rise in patients needing care is outpacing the reduction in the backlog, which could be why waiting lists are increasing overall.
The Institute for Fiscal Studies, an independent think-tank, has suggested this trend is likely to continue. It recently estimated the waiting list in England could to rise to 14 million by autumn next year.team is a multi-skilled unit dedicated to providing transparent journalism from Sky News. We gather, analyse and visualise data to tell data-driven stories. We combine traditional reporting skills with advanced analysis of satellite images, social media and other open source information.
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