Hospital waiting lists could soar to 13million in the coming months after more than a year of lockdowns and warnings not to burden the NHS, Sajid Javid has warned. The new Health Secretary said internal modelling showed the current record number of 5.3million patients awaiting treatment could more than double this summer. He said: 'What shocked me the most is when I was told that the waiting list is going to get a lot worse before it gets better. 'They said no, it's going to go up by millions... it could go as high as 13million. But this is still far below the sort of numbers seen in January and February of this year.

Source: Daily Mail July 10, 2021 23:26 UTC