Ambulance and A&E performance drop to lowest levels on record as backlog grows
CanaryMAY 2022
COVID is causing an inevitable backlog, from which NHS staff are trying to recover by prioritizing the most clinically vulnerable patients. Since Jan., the number of people waiting 2+ yrs for elective surgery has fallen by 75% and things are continuing to improve.
COVID has clearly damaged the NHS. But it's Boris Johnson's neglectful pandemic policies that are ruining it. With the virus unlikely to end any time soon, COVID is causing 28k NHS staff absences every day. The government is failing to acknowledge the severity of the threat COVID continues to pose to the British public and the nation's health system.