A record number of patients were forced to wait more than 12 hours for a bed at two Greater Manchester hospitals last month, new figures have revealed. It comes as around one-third of patients at each of the region's A&E's waited more than four hours in the emergency departments - and after a highly pressured Easter weekend.
Meanwhile, thousands are on waiting lists for their treatments, with more than 3,000 now two years into their queue for their procedure. These figures come as the Government has pledged to eliminate waits by over two years by July.
Greater Manchester's A&E struggles are reflected across the country, as England as a whole marks record A&E waits and the largest ever number of people waiting for treatment. The head of the British Medical Association has warned "t hese latest NHS performance statistics highlight the enormous pressure that the health service is still having to endure".
