Waiting Lists
MMIMediumNHS & Hot Topics · 6 minSelf-marked
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Waiting Lists
How should the NHS address its waiting-list backlog?
Likely follow-ups
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What was the impact of COVID?
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Should private providers be used more?
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What about the 65-week wait target?
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- Define the issue → both sides → your balanced view → impact on patients & the NHS.
- Show you read beyond the textbook — name a recent example.
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- Reference scale: roughly 7+ million on the elective waiting list. RTT 18-week target far from met. 65-week wait elimination was a 2024 target now slipped.
- Engage with private sector use - the 2023 elective recovery plan explicitly contracted private capacity for NHS patients.
- Note the workforce angle: more theatres without more anaesthetists/surgeons doesn't deliver.
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NHS Knowledge
0/3Current targets and data
Critical Thinking
0/3Engages with trade-offs
Communication
0/3Structured
Realism
0/3Aware of workforce constraint
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