The NHS: Where does all the money go?
Part 4a: NHS England - the meaning of “all.”
We continued our walkabout of the English NHS, following the wiring diagram presented to Parliament. Following the overview, this is one of the many posts we will write about NHS England.
Body name NHS England
Place in the wiring National body
The body's stated function is to lead the National Health Service (NHS) in England.
The website home page states, “We lead the NHS in England to deliver high quality services for all”. More details of the focus are:
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The NHS waiting list stood at 7.64 million in August, up from 7.62 million the previous month.
A Key target was to eliminate the backlog of patients waiting more than 65 weeks for NHS treatment by September. However, August figures show that 45,527 patients have been waiting for over a year and a quarter.
A&E waiting times are also deteriorating—over 129,927 people were left waiting for more than 12 hours to be seen, treated, or discharged after arriving at emergency departments in September,
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