Record number of patients at Bolton Hospital waiting for treatment

A RECORD number of patients were waiting for routine treatment at the Royal Bolton Hospital in June, figures show.

Health Secretary Sajid Javid warned that waiting lists across England will keep rising, despite the number of patients waiting for treatment reaching a new national record.

NHS Digital figures show 26,780 patients were waiting for elective operations or treatment at Bolton NHS Foundation Trust at the end of June ­â€" up from 26,519 at the end of May.

This was also 32 per cent more than a year previously, and the highest figure for the month of June since comparable records began in 2011.

The number of people on waiting lists across England has risen to 5.45 million ­â€" the highest total for any month since records began in August 2007.

Mr Javid said he thinks waiting lists will rise even further due to the “huge increase in demand” from the coronavirus pandemic.

He said: “The NHS has rightly focused on Covid-19 in this horrible pandemic and that has meant, sadly, that waiting lists have risen.”

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