联合王国在高失业地区设置顶尖医生的方案大大削减了国民保健制度的等候名单。 UK program placing top doctors in high-unemployment areas cuts NHS waiting lists significantly.

英国卫生部长Wes Streeting宣布, 在20个高失业率地区的医院部署顶尖医生的计划, 将国民保健制度的等候名单削减了一倍以上, UK Health Secretary Wes Streeting announced that a program deploying top doctors to hospitals in 20 high unemployment areas has cut NHS waiting lists at more than double the rate of the rest of the country. 该计划于9月启动,从等候名单上删除了37 000个病例,每个信托基金平均有近2 000名患者。 The scheme, launched in September, has removed 37,000 cases from waiting lists, averaging almost 2,000 patients per trust. 政府计划今年进一步扩大类似的倡议。 The government plans to expand similar initiatives further this year.