Revealed: The cost of restoring 18 week waits

By Rob Findlay2017-11-13T06:00:00

With some guesses about the costs per case, I calculate recovering 18 weeks sustainably might cost £2.1bn next year and £350m the year after, if other pressures and enough mainstream capacity are funded. Or £4.2bn next year and £1bn the year after, if austerity continues.

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