After the first lockdown was lifted last summer, we made some progress in tackling the backlog. Miss King, from Leicester, developed debilitating pain in her legs in October, became bedbound and lost four stone. Posing happily for photographs, these two young women look to be the picture of health. But since the autumn, when piecemeal restrictions were imposed up and down the country before another national lockdown, I have witnessed an unfolding calamity as the figures for cancelled operations and waiting times again rose dramatically. But I fear that the signatories to the letter are greatly underestimating the scale of the problem.
Angela J. Smith lost three stones.
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Angela J. Smith lost three stones .
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