Currently, over seven million people across England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland are waiting to receive treatment on the NHS. Elective procedures and screenings, as well as treatments for cancer, heart disease and other ailments, continue to pile up.
The health service is clogged in every home nation. With 700,000 electives to be done in Wales, the Welsh Conservative Russell George said that Labour needs to “stop breaking all the wrong records”; Humza Yousaf, the SNP Health Secretary, was told by a fellow MSP to “finally show some leadership and get a grip” of Scotland’s 550,000-long waiting list; while Northern Ireland Health Minister Robin Swann has remarked that its current figure of 120,097 people waiting for treatment is “simply not acceptable”.
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