Record high of over 819,000 on hospital waiting lists

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National hospital waiting lists have reached over 819,000 for the first time. The figures for the end of July have been published this evening by the National Treatment Purchase Fund.

This includes a record 601,300 people now waiting to be seen at an outpatient clinic.There are 80,283 patients waiting to be seen for day case or inpatient treatment.While waiting lists were at over 700,000 before the arrival of Covid-19, it has contributed further to growing lists.

This is because procedures were postponed earlier in the emergency and fewer procedures are now possible as a result of strict precautions.

Source: Healthcare Press (healthcarepress.net)

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