Figures obtained through freedom of information requests suggest record numbers of people are dying while waiting for care, Labour claimed.
Labour has claimed that an estimated 121,000 people died whilst waiting for NHS treatment in England last year
The party has extrapolated this data out to 138 trusts across the country to reach an estimated figure of 120,695.At the Royal Free NHS Foundation Trust, more than 3,500 patients died waiting for treatment last year, according to the figures. Mr Streeting said: “Record numbers of people are spending their final months in pain and agony, waiting for treatment that never arrives. The basic promise of the NHS – that it will be there for us when we need it – has been broken.”
During a visit on Thursday to Mid Bedfordshire, where parties are vying to snap up the seat of former culture secretary Nadine Dorries, deputy leader Daisy Cooper will highlight how Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust has just 1.7 hospital beds per 1,000 people. NHS England stressed Labour’s analysis did not demonstrate a link between waits and deaths and praised its staff for helping to bring down the backlog for elective care.
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