Patients waiting more than six weeks have increased from 30,000 to 469,000 as routine NHS care ground to a halt during the coronavirus crisis. “A vital component would be the introduction of weekly routine testing of all NHS staff to keep them and patients safe from Covid-19 while receiving treatment. Those waiting for a test called a flexible sigmoidoscopy, also for bowel cancer, increased from 1,820 to 14,957. The waiting list for bladder cancer tests, called a cystoscopy, soared from 1,270 to 8,190. Labour will attempt to bring the issue of weekly Covid-19 tests for all NHS staff to a vote in the House of Commons today.

Source: Daily Mirror June 24, 2020 06:50 UTC