Projections for 2022 show that over 1.5 million patients will be added to active waiting lists this year.
here will be a particular focus on 15 high volume inpatient day case procedures so that every person waiting for over 6 months who is clinically ready will receive an offer of treatment.
These are:
- Cataracts
- Cystoscopies
- Hip replacements
- Knee replacements
- Skin lesions (General Surgery and Plastic Surgery)
- Varicose Veins
- Angiograms
- Tonsillectomies
- Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy
- Septoplasties
- Dental
- Hysteroscopy
- Laparoscopy (Gynaecology)
- Total abdominal Hysterectomy
- Inguinal Hernia Repair
The 2022 Waiting List Action Plan builds on the short-term Waiting List Action Plan that ran from September to December last year and delivered a 5 percent reduction in waiting lists, during that time period, equating to 40,000 additional people no longer on waiting lists.
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