The chance of death or irreversible heart or brain damage rises with every minute wasted. Such risky ambulance wait times cannot become the new standard.
Nonetheless, England’s elective waiting list continued to decline in November, dropping 61,413 to 7.48 million, the lowest level since May 2023. In November,
There were an estimated 6.28 million patients awaiting scheduled procedures and treatments. “We have ended the junior doctors’ strikes so that staff are on the front line,
Not the picket line, for the first winter in three years,” said Health Secretary Wes Streeting. “We have also introduced the new RSV vaccine in the last six months.”
However, patients continue to get subpar treatment in spite of the staff’s best efforts. “This flu strain has struck hard, sending more than three times.
