Get email updates with the day's biggest stories Invalid Email Something went wrong, please try again later. Latest NHS England data shows waiting lists have hit a record high of five million – with 436,000 patients waiting over a year for treatment. At the start of the pandemic, knee and hip operations were halted, leaving people suffering in agony. Professor Vivien Lees, a plastic and hand surgeon at Manchester University NHS Foundation, said some patients are now waiting up to four years for elective surgery as the NHS struggles to get back on track. Surgery must be available on the NHS all year round, not stop and start.”

Source: Daily Mirror May 28, 2021 22:50 UTC