Waiting list falls as NHS staff treated record numbers last year

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1. >NHS staff delivered a record 18 million treatments in 2024, as the waiting list fell in December for the fourth month in a row.

   >The overall backlog has dropped again from 7.48 million to 7.46 million, while the estimated number of patients waiting is down from 6.28 million to 6.24 million.

2. Really hope the injection of cash NHS got last year will turn this around substantially. A drop of 20k per month is not going to be enough for the electorate to say “Labour has saved the NHS”.

3. Very impressive how rapidly Labour were able to bring about sustained change here, really great to see.

   *(edit because people keep commenting the exact same thing)*

   Labour have ended strikes, ramped up investment, set up new surgical hubs, brought in productivity reforms, and implemented a range of policies to add more appointments.

4. I wonder how the Torygraph will spin this.

   Probably something about an asylum seeker who needs life-saving surgery and how they deserve to d*e

5. This is the fourth month in a row that waiting lists have dropped

   Imagine that. You pay healthcare workers. They stop striking and start working.

   Who would’ve thought?

6. Really good news. Glad we still have a national health service and Labour actually seem to be making some kind of a small difference.

7. Another great bit of news, the ship is slowly turning in the right direction.

   Economy is growing, consumer spending up, interest rates down, NHS waiting list down, illegals being deported up . . . this is mint.

   I remortgage in a few months and it’s nice to know that extra £50 I will be saving will allow me to pay it off even quicker than planned.

   🎵 THIIIIIINGS 🎵 🌹

8. My BIL had his cataracts done today on NHS at a private clinic . They must have seen about 40 today. He only had to wait 4 months to be seen . No overnight stay .

   Every little helps

9. I just hope our population is kept under control, because it’s still a burden under our current healthcare system.

10. So how have the collation of data been changed, for these figures to reduce.
    Consecutive governments have reduced the figures, and then we learn the data has been massaged.
    Yes, COVID has had a big effect on treating people as some of the conditions and attitudes imposed are still in place.
    Unfortunately the current government are picking up on decades of underfunding and mismanagement of public health services within the NHS, who are being exploited by building management companies, who exploited the need for HIS infrastructure.

11. I work for a trust and morale is at an all time low, clerical staff and clinicians aren’t getting any pay increases, people are leaving and they can’t fill roles with agency staff as the work mounts up and we have outside people swoop in tell us to work harder, switch teams up and leave giving themselves a big clap on the back

12. Good it needs to be up and running again. Great win. Just keep Wes privatisation vibes down

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