30 October 2017

NHS pressures – future trends

NHS pressures – future trends
BMA 30 October 2017
  • BMA projections indicate that millions more patients will be waiting for longer than four hours for treatment in A&E, and there will be dramatic rises in the number of people waiting on trolleys for treatment, or at home for non-emergency elective procedures.
  • The projections are based on analysis of admissions and waiting times data published by NHS England between 2010 and 2017.