Exclusive: Regulators predict 5 million waiting list if NHS 'does nothing'

Surgery

The backlog of patients waiting more than 18 weeks for elective care procedures is expected to more than double by 2019 if nothing is done to improve current services, according to a document leaked to HSJ.

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