More than 15million patients are waiting for further treatment on NHS’s ‘hidden’ waiting list – nearly four times higher than the official 3.9m total for new referrals, new report says

More than 15million patients are currently waiting for treatment on the NHS’s ‘hidden waiting list’ – nearly four times higher than the official 3.9million, a report claimed today. Freedom of Information requests to NHS trusts have put the total number of people awaiting follow-up hospital appointments at 15.3million.   Bahman Nedjat-Shokouhi, the chief executive of healthcare tech company Medefer, which calculated the new data, called the official list ‘the tip of the iceberg’.   It follows reports of patients unable to get key appointments during the pandemic, with thousands having had NHS care postponed or cancelled this year as the health service became almost wholly committed to treating Covid patients.  Recent government figures revealed that the lockdown killed two people for every three that died of the coronavirus between March 23 and May 1, with 16,000 dying because they didn’t get medical care while 25,000 died of the virus.  Freedom of Information requests to NHS trusts have put the total number of people yet to have their first hospital appointment after a GP referral at 15.3million (stock) Speaking to The Times, Mr Nedjat-Shokouhi said: ‘Almost four times the number of patients need appointments, as the official figures capture only the new referrals… Read full this story

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