The NHS is treating fewer patients than it was pre-pandemic despite more funding and staff – suggesting a long-term Covid impact on the health service’s performance, the Institute for Fiscal Studies has said.
The NHS carried out 14% fewer emergency admissions, 14% fewer outpatient appointments and 11% fewer elective and maternity admissions in the latest month of data than it did in the same period in 2019, according to the IFS.
