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Discover LudwigThe phrase "waiting for operations" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used in contexts where someone is anticipating the start or continuation of operational activities, such as in a business or technical setting. Example: "The team is currently waiting for operations to resume before proceeding with the next phase of the project."
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The number of people waiting for operations has already set a new record of 1.1m.
Hospital waiting lists have now reached an all-time high with more than 1.1m people waiting for operations.
On Monday the least seriously injured survivors were waiting for operations to remove shrapnel and fix broken bones.
In Britain's NHS, many operating theatres stand idle unnecessarily, even though there is huge pressure to cut the numbers waiting for operations.
"The Patients Association has noticed a clear trend over recent years in the increasing time people are waiting for operations, as well as the number of people waiting longer for elective surgery," said the association's chief executive, Katherine Murphy.
It comes as surgeons say they are still looking for answers over what is being done about heart patients dying while waiting for operations.
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In a fluctuating shop floor environment, a process plan generated in advance is often found unsuitable or unusable to the targeted resources, resulting both in wasted effort spent in early process planning and in productivity drop when idle machines have to wait for operations to be re-planned.
In the UK, around 4500 carotid endarterectomies are performed each year, but it is not known how many patients have had preceding symptoms and how long they have had to wait for operation.
Waiting list size for Operations: the total number of surgical patients (who opted for surgical intervention at group induction), waiting for surgery at any point in the surgical pathway.
More positively, the NHS did just meet its target of treating within 18 weeks 92% of patients waiting for planned operations – it managed a 92.3% performance on that score.
People with terminal cancer, waiting for heart operations, people with diabetes.
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