In their recent article, The New Daily reported: “Elective surgery waiting lists in NSW have blown out to more than 100,000 people after non-urgent procedures were delayed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Data from the state’s Bureau of Health Information shows there were 101,026 patients on waiting lists on June 30 – up 20.1 per cent from the same day last year. Of those, 10,563 had waited longer than the clinically recommended time – a massive rise from the 541 logged on the same day in 2019.
On March 26, the National Cabinet of state and territory leaders suspended all non-urgent elective surgery across Australia.”