Doctors have admitted the NHS is in a “state of national emergency” despite a cash injection of £25billion in Rachel Reeves’s Budget last year.
NHS data shows that the waiting list for treatments has risen for the last three months, while A&E waiting times of over 12 hours have also surged.
The cash injection served as the biggest increase in funding since 2010, excluding the COVID-19 years.
Dr Vicky Price, president of the Society for Acute Medicine, said the “rise in 12-hour waits in emergency departments is a stark warning that urgent and emergency care across the UK is in a state of national emergency”.
Figures revealed that 45,000 patients admitted to hospital as an emergency received “corridor care” as they waited over 12 hours for a hospital room.
“All signs are pointing to a corridor care disaster this winter and ministers must now take urgent steps to keep patients safe,” said Professor Nicola Ranger, chief executive of the Royal College of Nursing.
The NHS waiting list for pending treatments currently stands at 7.41 million.
There has only been a decrease of 140,000 individual patients since the beginning of Labour’s term in Government, representing 6.26 million patients, some of whom are waiting for multiple appointments.
The NHS waiting list for pending treatments currently stands at 7.41 million
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Ms Reeves announced in June of this year a further £29billion funding boost.
Up to £10billion of that funding is to be allocated to technology and digital transformation, GP training to deliver millions more appointments, and rolling out mental health support to all schools.
It comes as the British Medical Association (BMA) said that thousands of newly-qualified doctors have voted in favour of strike action on Monday, with 97 per cent of voters in favour of the action.
The BMA said that thousands of resident doctors are ending up without training places after just their second year in work.
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Dr Jack Fletcher, chair of the BMA's resident doctors committee, said: "Doctors have spoken clearly - they won't accept that they face a career of insecurity at a time when the demand for doctors is huge.
"The numbers are absurd - more than 10,000 doctors applied this year to become psychiatrists, with less than 500 able to get a place, yet patients are still experiencing significant waits at a detriment to their health."
The Government’s current pledge under its 10-year health plan is to increase training places by 1,000.
The issue was already in discussion during the NHS pay strikes in July, but with this vote, more strikes are possible.
This year, there were 10,000 jobs available for 30,000 candidates.
Referring to further pay rises in August, Health Secretary Wes Streeting said the Government “can’t do everything for everyone, everywhere, all at once”.
Doctors have received a 22 per cent pay rise over the last two years, and a further 5.4 per cent increase this year.
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