NHS crisis as UK named one of the worst for hospital care waits among wealthy countries

The Health Foundation analysed survey results for 10 high income countries (Image: Getty) The UK is among the worst-performing of 10 high-income countries when it comes to waits for hospital care, a survey reveals. Some 11 percent of people who had needed to see a specialist in the last two years and 19 percent of those who had non-emergency surgery waited a year or more here. The Health Foundation, which took data from the 2023 Commonwealth Fund survey, said only Canada had similarly long waits while the Netherlands, Germany, Australia, Switzerland, New Zealand, the US, France and Sweden all performed better.

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