4.7 million waiting for operations in Englandon April 15, 2021 at 10:33 am

The February figures show the numbers waiting over a year for surgery continued to rise sharply.

Mr Tim Mitchell, vice-president of the Royal College of Surgeons of England said: “Although the most urgent operations, for cancer and life-threatening conditions went ahead, hundreds of thousands of patients waiting for routine surgery such as hip and knee operations, cochlear implants and vascular operations had their treatment cancelled or postponed.