Steve Barclay says Welsh and Scottish patients could be seen more quickly in England, but devolved politicians dispute this
The numbers are striking in their enormous size: 7.6 million people are now on waiting lists in England, a figure that has been growing in recent years, breaking records in all but three of the last 30 months.
Therefore, English patients may have been surprised to hear that Steve Barclay is open to Welsh and Scottish patients on long waiting lists for treatment being able to request NHS care in England.
