Lincolnshire NHS enforces three-month wait for surgery

NHS commissioning groups in Lincolnshire have adopted the policy as a result of the NHS-wide cash squeeze and also because they insist that some patients’ condition clears up while they wait.NHS clinical commissioning groups (CCGs) in Lincolnshire have provoked sustained criticism after deciding to introduce minimum waiting times for non-urgent surgery including cataract operations and joint replacements.“It undermines the core principles of the NHS: that everyone should get compassi