More than 100,000 babies left waiting longer than six hours at A&E

More than 100,000 babies were left waiting longer than six hours to be seen at A&E in England last year, a landmark report has found.

The findings, which relate to children from newborns to two-year-olds, were discovered by an independent inquiry into the NHS which on Thursday will expose serious failings in every part of the service. health issues that put people most at risk.

“Littleness is important because it is short; too many children spend too much time waiting for care,” the report is expected to conclude. “Clearly the NHS has to do better.”

A week after Labor won the election, Wes Streeting, the Health Secretary, ordered Lord Darzi, the surgeon general who was health minister under Gordon Brown, to conduct a “warts and all” survey of the NHS.

The report, due to be published this week, will detail a list of failings and highlight a sharp decline in the quality of services over the past decade.

It will warn that 100,000 babies a year face waiting times of at least six hours in A&E departments – up 60 per cent since 2009.

‘The challenges we inherited are obvious’

Sir Keir Starmer said the “broken” NHS was affecting Britons of all ages.

“The effects of a broken NHS are felt across society – including our children,” the Prime Minister said.

“The challenges we inherited are obvious, but I intend to fix the foundations so that we do not rebuild our health services but more importantly change and renew them for the benefit of future generations.

“That also means equipping the NHS to prevent illness, not just cure it – so that we can all live long, healthy lives, from childhood to old age.”

In a BBC interview to be broadcast on Sunday morning with Laura Kuenssberg, the Prime Minister said the Conservatives were responsible for a “broken” NHS and had tried “hopeless reforms”.

“Everybody watching this who has used the NHS, or their relatives knows it’s broken, they know it’s a broken, unforgivable, state of our NHS,” he said.

He added: “The money taken out of the NHS, especially in the first years of the coalition from 2010 onwards, the Lansley reforms, which were not reliable at all. We are in this bad situation for the NHS.”

He added: “It was the last government that broke the NHS. Our work now with King Darzi is [to] understand exactly how that happened and bring improvements, starting with the first steps, another 40,000 votes.

But we also have to make tough plans for improvement. And as I say, I think only a Labor Government can make the change that our NHS needs and we will start on that journey. ”

‘Political life’

In response, Victoria Atkins, the shadow health secretary, accused Labor of “politicizing” children’s health.

“Unfortunately, all workers have made a living since the election giving press releases, appointing friends and giving less money to the young doctors who are being beaten, with no plans for change,” he said so.

“I will work constructively with anyone who wants to improve the health of our people. Labor must stop politicizing the lives of our children and the NHS if they are serious about change.”

Lord Darzi’s review is understood to have found that around 800,000 children and young people are on waiting lists for hospital treatment, 175,000 and 35,000 have been waiting for more than a year.

The cancer surgeon, 64, has revealed that almost 500,000 children and young people are on waiting lists for mental health support – 160,000 of them waiting more than 12 months.

Mothaka also found that 80 percent of the 50,000 people who have been waiting for more than a year for social services are children, especially those with conditions such as autism or ADHD.

Elsewhere, there was an 82 percent increase in hospital admissions for children and youth with eating disorders from 2019-2020 and a 10 percent annual growth rate in the number of drug prescriptions. ADHD diagnosed in children and adolescents between 2004 and 2004. 2023.

The prevalence of life-threatening and life-limiting conditions among children has also increased by 40 percent in the past two decades.

Half of the hospitals close their operating theaters at the weekend

Falling vaccination rates for many key childhood vaccines – some of which have been declining for decades – are causing outbreaks of measles and other infectious diseases to become common.

Hours after Labor won the election, Mr Streeting declared the NHS “broken” and pledged to “transform our health service”.

The inquiry published this week will provide an assessment of the NHS’ weaknesses, and comes ahead of a 10-year plan to “radically transform the NHS” that is expected within months.

Lord Darzi is a pioneering surgeon who earned the nickname “Robo Doc” for pioneering the use of robotic surgery in surgical centers.

Under the last Labor government, he encouraged the spread of polyclinics – large places that bring together GPs with a wide range of services from 8am to 8pm.

Mothaka also said that hospitals should provide more care than seven days a week, saying: “British Airways does not leave its planes on hold during the week.”

Currently, half of NHS hospitals close their operating theaters at weekends, with the number of specialist procedures, such as hip replacements, falling by 80 per cent on Saturdays and Sundays.