https://morningstaronline.co.uk/article/b/nhs-faces-crisis-of-the-governments-making
Austerity-hit services are ‘bursting at the seams’ as waiting lists balloon to record high of over seven million
THE NHS is facing a “crisis of the government’s making,” the labour movement stressed yesterday after official figures showed treatment waiting lists have ballooned to a record high of more than seven million people.
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Unison slammed the numbers, saying they “paint a bleak picture of the state of the NHS.
“There are too few staff to provide safe patient care, and as more leave for better paid work, so waiting times and delays worsen,” head of health Sara Gorton stressed.
“The government must get a grip and start talking to unions about pay.”
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