the institute for fiscal studies has projected a head, the institute for fiscal studies has projectedthe green light showing the waiting list, now at a 6 million from the blue dotted line what might happen if 30% of the missing patients return and the orange dotted line, if 80% come forward. so there are many unknowns and one of them is a future workforce numbers. of them is a future workforce numbere— of them is a future workforce numbers. , ., , ., w ., of them is a future workforce numbers. , ., , ., ., ., numbers. the plan is asking for a 3096 numbers. the plan is asking for a 30% increase _ numbers. the plan is asking for a 3096 increase in _ numbers. the plan is asking for a 3096 increase in activity _ numbers. the plan is asking for a 3096 increase in activity by 24-25| 30% increase in activity by 24—25 but there is not the same increase in staff so without that, it's not clear how the nhs is going to deliver all that increased activity. and fought some like rosie, the wait goes on. following a cancer diagnosis, she had a mastectomy, but since then has been waiting nearly two y

the institute for fiscal studies has projected ahead.s the waiting list, now at 6 million. the blue dotted line what might happen if 30% of the missing patients return, and the orange dotted line, if 80% come forward. so, there are many unknowns, including whether covid surges again, and also the future size of the workforce. the plan is asking for a 30% increase in activity by �*2a—�*25 but there isn't the same increase in staff so without that, it's not clear how the nhs is going to deliver all that increased activity. and, for some like rosie, the wait goes on. following a cancer diagnosis, she had a mastectomy, but since then she's been waiting nearly two years for reconstructive surgery. you just want to get it sorted from a practical perspective but also you want to get this episode finished with, draw a line under the cancer, god willing, and move on. millions like rosie want to get their operations done and move on. all the uk nations have seen rising waiting lists because of covid postponements and all are now coming up with pla

the institute for fiscal studies has projected a head, the green light showing the waiting list, nowhe blue dotted line what might happen if 30% of the missing patients return and the orange dotted line, if 80% come forward. so there are many unknowns and one of them is a future workforce numbers. the plan is asking for a 30% increase in activity by 2a—25 but there is not the same increase in staff so without that, it's not clear how the nhs is going to deliver all that increased activity. and fought some like rosie, the wait goes on. following a cancer diagnosis, she had a mastectomy, but since then has been waiting nearly two years for reconstructive surgery. you just want to get it sorted from a practical perspective but also you want to get this episode finished with, draw a line under the cancer, god willing, and move on. millions like her or want to get their operations done and moved on, all the uk nations have seen rising waiting lists because of covid postponements and all are now coming up with plans to try to bring them down. well, we can speak now to tim gardner, who's a

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but first i'm joined by ben zaranko, senior research economist at the institute for fiscal studies.ears. it is a longer-term — over the next five years. it is a longer-term project, - over the next five years. it is a longer-term project, due i over the next five years. it is a longer-term project, due to i over the next five years. it is a | longer-term project, due to be longer—term project, due to be delivered by 2030, but it is also quite complex, isn't it? how can you encourage partnerships with businesses if they are saying, well, we can't see a way of supporting these communities until the education is right and until these skills are right? it is education is right and until these skills are right?— skills are right? it is a historically _ skills are right? it is a historically -based i skills are right? it is a - historically -based deep-rooted historically —based deep—rooted problem, something governments in the uk have tried to tackle over decades, going back to the 1920s and 30s. there are many different causes and the problems facing different areas of the country are n

from the institute for fiscal studies, they say that cuts to education spending over the last decadethe key thing is that we \ have supported schools through the pandemic and before. we have provided resource for those at the front line, but also when it comes to effective delivery in education, resources matter. but so does the right culture in the classroom. so does a focus on standards. so does maintaining that absolutely laser—like attention to the literacy and numeracy, which of the building blocks on which creativity and further learning depend. we have already seen a significant improvement in standards over the course of the last 12 years, more schools are good and outstanding, more children achieving what. refill? more children achieving what. really simle more children achieving what. really simple question _ more children achieving what. really simple question for— more children achieving what. really simple question for you, _ more children achieving what. really simple question for you, mr- more children achieving what. really simple question for you, mr gove. is there an