患者s' waiting for 操作／手術s rise again

Last updated at 17:23 11 March 2005


The number of 患者s waiting for an NHS 操作／手術 in England continues to rise, によれば a new 報告（する）／憶測.

The Department of Health (DoH) says at the end of January there were 861,900 people on the waiting 名簿（に載せる）／表（にあげる） - up 3,900 since December.

The 増加する followed a rise of 14,100 in the waiting 名簿（に載せる）／表（にあげる） between November and December.

But the DoH pointed out that over a year the total waiting 名簿（に載せる）／表（にあげる） had fallen by 107,000 - a 減少（する） of 11 per cent.

A six-月毎の 国勢（人口）調査 of 批判的な care beds in England also shows a total of 3,213 such beds in 操作／手術 in the NHS in January. This is an 増加する of 53 since the audit was last carried out in July.

The 最新の 人物／姿／数字s follow the political 列／漕ぐ／騒動 over the 事例／患者 of pensioner Margaret Dixon, whose shoulder 操作／手術 was cancelled on 非常に／多数の occasions 予定 to the 欠如（する） of a 批判的な care bed for her.

増加するd 需要・要求する

総理大臣 Tony Blair and 保守的な leader Michael Howard 衝突／不一致d in the ありふれたs over the 事例／患者, which became the 焦点の point in a pre-選挙 戦う／戦い over the 明言する／公表する of the health service.

医療の 専門家s say that the number of 批判的な care beds - both in 集中的な care and high dependency 部隊s - needs to 増加する 大幅に to 対処する with 増加するd 需要・要求する and the ever more コンビナート／複合体 操作／手術s carried out by the NHS.

The waiting 名簿（に載せる）／表（にあげる） 人物／姿／数字s show that there were 56 患者s waiting longer than nine months for an 操作／手術 in January - 負かす／撃墜する from 86 in December.

This is also 29,700 いっそう少なく than in January 2004.

Just 12 患者s were waiting over a year - 負かす／撃墜する from 24 in a month.

The 政府 has 誓約（する）d that no 患者 will wait longer than six months for an 操作／手術 by the end of 2005.

But the 最新の 人物／姿／数字s showed that 69,200 患者s were waiting over six months - up by 2,900 since December.

Health 大臣 John Hutton said: "By the end of this year, nobody will wait longer than six months for their 操作／手術.

< p>"The NHS is 井戸／弁護士席 ahead of schedule in 達成するing this 的 and is more than 有能な of managing seasonal 増加するs.

"Compared to 1997, there are 300,000 いっそう少なく people on waiting 名簿（に載せる）／表（にあげる）s with more doctors and nurses in the NHS 配達するing quicker 接近 to 治療."

Health 長官 John Reid said the 人物／姿／数字s showed there were now a 記録，記録的な／記録する number of 批判的な care beds in the NHS.

The 3,213 批判的な care beds in England in January compared to 2,362 in January 2000 - an 増加する of 36 per cent.

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