27,065 patients in Crawley area left waiting over 18 weeks for treatment

The latest waiting list figures for the Surrey and Sussex NHS Healthcare NHS Trust, responsible for providing NHS hospital services in the Crawley area, show 45.1% of patients are not being seen within 18 weeks. The NHS operational standard requires that 92% of patients receive treatment within this window.

NHS waiting lists have trebled since the Conservatives came to power 14 years ago. Rishi Sunak’s pledge to cut waiting lists has effectively been abandoned, with the Prime Minister’s choosing to blame NHS staff instead of fixing the problem himself. Over a million extra patients are on waiting lists compared to this time last year, forced to put their lives on hold, in pain and discomfort.

The longer we give the Conservatives, the longer patients wait.

Labour’s plan to cut waiting lists will get the NHS back on its feet. We will pay NHS staff extra to deliver 2 million more appointments at evenings and weekends, paid for by abolishing the non-dom tax break for the wealthiest.