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A leading Leeds GP has described spiralling treatment waiting times in the city since the Covid-19 pandemic a 'concern for clinicians as much as patients'.

Richard Vautrey, Chair of the British Medical Association's (BMA) General Practitioners Committee, spoke as the knock-on effect on health services in Leeds has been laid bare in new documents from city health chiefs.

According to a draft of NHS Leeds Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG)’s annual report, the number of patients waiting more than 52 weeks for treatment rose from 22 to more than 2,700 in just over a year.

Spiralling Leeds patient waiting times due to Covid-19 is a 'concern for clinicians', saying leading city GP