 The biggest increase is at Owestry's orthopaedic hospital |
A report into NHS performance in Shropshire has shown an increase in the number of people on waiting lists for treatment. The findings, which will be discussed at a meeting this week, show waiting list numbers have risen at all the county's hospitals.
The biggest increase is at the Robert Jones and Agnes Hunt Orthopaedic and District Hospital in Oswestry, where the number of people waiting for treatment increased by nearly 600 between the end of March and the end of May.
The problem is on a lesser scale at the Princess Royal in Telford and the Royal Shrewsbury, where waiting list numbers have risen by about 150 over the same period.
The report also revealed that local health authority efforts to recover a �600,000 overspend have fallen behind schedule.
But the county's accident and emergency wards were praised for admitting almost every patient in the required time.
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