Too many patients still face long waits for cancer and planned care, but NHS bosses say huge progress made.
Hospitals in England have failed to hit key targets to tackle the backlogs in cancer care and routine treatment.The targets were to eliminate 18-month waits for planned care, such as knee and hip replacements, and to bring 62-day cancer waits to pre-pandemic levels.The numbers waiting over 18 months for treatment peaked in September 2021 at nearly 125,000.
"The wait was enormously stressful and the thought that the tumour may be cancerous is on your mind every day."All the medical staff who dealt with my care have been fabulous.The NHS had already acknowledged it was going to miss the cancer target. NHS England chief executive Amanda Pritchard said "great strides" were being made in the face of "incredible pressure".
At the end of last year the National Audit Office warned the plan to tackle the backlog in treatment was at serious risk.It has meant the NHS is still doing fewer planned treatments, such as knee and hip replacements, than before the pandemic.
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