NHS has had to overcome many struggles over the years but waiting times remains an unsolved issue. Think tank and charity The King’s Fund’s senior analyst David Maguire said waiting times could continue to regress to mid 90s standards. He told Express.co.uk it remained difficult to create a clear picture as to why waiting times are getting worse but noted some reasons that were causing the NHS the biggest issues.

He said: “If we aren’t there already, we are probably heading back to the mid-90s in terms of waiting times both at A & E and elective operations.

“Beyond that, it is pretty tricky to paint an accurate picture.

“There is a lot of work that is being done at the local level to try and prove improve things.

“Some of that could work quite well but then you might end up with a different picture in different parts of the country.

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“It is a bit too uncertain to try and spell it out clearly.”

December 2019 saw the release of the latest results for NHS performance on areas in hospitals, social care and overall success.

A&E produced the “worst-ever performance” with 71 percent of all attendees seen in four hours, 10 percent worse than last year while bed occupancy sits near capacity at 95 percent.

In addition to these results the data also reflected on ambulance response time, referral to treatment (RTT), Definition of a Delayed Transfers of Care, Cancer standards and diagnostics. 

These results have been analysed by experts at think tank and charity The King’s Fund and explained the simple reason the NHS has continually gotten worse. 

He also said: “There are a few different issues coming together at once.

“There is a significant crisis in staffing.

“We know there are over 100,000 vacancies across the NHS in England.

“At the same time, other aspects of the NHS and health and social care beyond the hospital sector have been struggling for a number of years.

“This is between the number of resources being dedicated towards them as well as their own staffing crisis.

“We know that there are significant issues in social care and primary care and public health.

“These are the things that are meant to keep people healthy.”

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