25% increase in the number of patients waiting for surgical intervention in health in one year
- 8,206 people expected to undergo surgery in December 2022 and 59,575 expected to receive a first surgical consultation. Data worsens since December 2021: for interventions, the waiting list has increased by 25%.
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Osasunbidean 72 egun itxaron behar dira, batez beste, lehen kirurgia kontsultarako, eta 85 egun ebakuntzarako.
The population waiting for intervention in the health system was 25.6% more in December than at the end of 2021. At that time, 6,531 patients were pending surgery and 8,206 in December 2022. The average wait is 85 days, according to data from the Department of Health of Navarra.
Data collected by Noticias de Navarra. The number of people pending the first surgical consultation has also increased, from 59,575 in the last month of December to 58,426 in 2021. The average waiting days for the first appointment is 72.
In August last year the number of people on the waiting list reached its peak: 61.105. Although the data improved over the next three months, they got worse again in December.