'Too little too late' - What Greater Manchester medics think of Sajid Javid's plan to tackle NHS backlog in wake of pandemic

10.02.2022 - 13:19 / manchestereveningnews.co.uk

‘Too little too late’.

That's the verdict from Greater Manchester’s medics on the health secretary’s plan to deal with the Covid-19 NHS backlog.

Sajid Javid aired his proposals to get the NHS back on track in the wake of the pandemic in the House of Commons on Tuesday, February 8.

The blueprint, co-authored by the NHS, set out ambitious deadlines to tackle waiting lists for elective surgeries, which have grown by millions of patients over the last two years; and suggested a vision for the future amid continued calls from within the NHS to build back axed resources, including reductions in both beds and staffing.

Now, reaction from the region’s medics is rolling in, with a number of doctors voicing concerns that the recovery plan does not go far enough.

The government’s multi-billion pound plan came as the health secretary admitted that the waiting lists will get worse, before they get better.

It will not be until 2024 that elective care waiting lists begin to reduce, according to Javid.

“Sadly, as a result of focusing on urgent care, the NHS couldn’t deal with non-urgent care as much as anyone would have liked,” he told the House of Commons.

“The British people of course have understood this.

“Despite these exceptional efforts, there is now a considerable COVID backlog of elective care. 1,600 people have waited longer than a year for care before the pandemic. The latest data shows that this figure is now over 300,000.

“On top of this, the number of people waiting for elective care in England now stands at 6 million, that is up from 4.4 million before the pandemic.

“Sadly, Mr Speaker, this number will continue rising before it falls.”

During the height of the pandemic, patients ‘stayed away’ from the NHS.

Medics told the

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