NHS waiting list system delayed

When the plans were announced in the spring, health chiefs said that the system would be an “essential enabler to transformational improvements” across the NHS, which faces a record 7.1 million people waiting for treatment

I’m Paul Hutton with news that a programme aimed at bringing down NHS waiting backlogs is being delayed. The Telegraph reports the £360 million federated data platform has becoming “mired in bureaucracy”. When the plans were announced in the spring, health chiefs said that the system would be an “essential enabler to transformational improvements” across the NHS, which faces a record 7.1 million people waiting for treatment. But experts have warned that progress in clearing the lists has been set back by chaotic recording systems. For more care news stay with us here at Care Radio 

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