Reducing the Backlog of Appointments at BHRUT
08/02/2022
At the end of March 2021, following a difficult 12 months, two lockdowns and several variants, the hospital trust at BHR had 2,430 patients waiting over a year for treatment. By the end of last December 2021, that was down to 959, with the aim to get close to zero by this summer.
This blog from the Divisional Director for Surgery at the Trust explains how they have achieved that.
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