Amid growing UK health care crisis, nearly 8 million patients are waiting for care, data shows

Experts are warning of a growing health care crisis in England, as millions of U.K. residents are waiting for medical attention. As of July 2024, 7.62 million patients were on the waiting list for care, with 6.39 million in need of specific medical treatment, according to the latest Referral to Treatment (RTT) data from the National Health Service (NHS), England’s publicly funded health care system. The average wait time for treatment is 14 weeks, but more than three million patients have been waiting for over 18 weeks — and it’s been more than a year for nearly 300,000 of them. FATHER CREATED A DRUG TO SAVE HIS SON FROM A RARE DISEASE, NOW OTHER FAMILIES ARE DESPERATE TO GET IT Dr. Marc Siegel, senior medical analyst for Fox News and clinical professor of medicine at NYU Langone Medical Center , appeared on “Fox & Friends” to share his concerns about the situation. MOTHER FRANTIC TO SAVE CLINICAL TRIAL THAT COULD CURE HER DAUGHTER: ‘THE TREATMENT IS SITTING IN A FRIDGE’ “We’re talking about nearly eight million people there who are waiting for health care … many more than 18 weeks. “Even here … 26% of the people in the U.S. are waiting more than two months for their health care already,” he told Fox News. As far as what is causing the delay in care, Siegel said, “The first problem is that Kamala Harris and others are talking about coverage all the time — but coverage doesn’t mean care.” CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP FOR OUR HEALTH NEWSLETTER “You’ve got your coverage, you’ve got your insurance, maybe you’ve got public insurance — almost 50% of the U.S. already has Medicare or Medicaid — but do you have a doctor? For more Health articles, visit www.foxnews.com/health “Illegal migrants homeless on the streets, with illnesses that are spreading, flooding the emergency rooms — that’s going to be a greater and greater problem, whether you give them health insurance or not,” Siegel said. – This Summarize was created by Neural News AI (V1). Source: https://www.foxnews.com/health/growing-uk-health-care-crisis-millions-patients-waiting-care-data-shows