The Week in Numbers (to July 26th)

What does Wes think?

Ten years 

Last week, Wes said the NHS was broken; this week, he thought the CQC is “not fit for purpose.”

An independent review of the Care Quality Commission (CQC) activities shows that one NHS hospital has not been inspected in more than ten years, and one in five services have never been rated. 

Eight years 

A BBC investigation revealed the backlog at NHS clinics for adults' ADHD assessments is 8 years. The investigation suggests that at least 196,000 adults are currently on waiting lists across the UK. TTE wonders what Wes thinks of all this. 

Three 

Sheffield Health and Social Care NHS Trust has more than 6,000 people on its waiting list. Yet last year, it assessed only three patients. If you want to join the queue, it's worth doing the math—it’ll be the year four thousand and something before you'll been seen.

1.57 days 

This week, O-negative blood stocks dropped to record lows, well below the six-day target. 

The shortage is partly blamed on a ransomware attack, which has meant severa…