21.   The routine wait for such non-emergency surgery as joint replacement, transplants and cataract removal is about two years, with few prospects for improvement.

22.   Over a million people are queuing for hospital treatment and the routine wait for such non-emergency surgery as joint replacement, transplants and cataract removal is about two years.

23.   The cataract patients are due to return home after a few days, said Huntley, while those receiving joint replacements would remain in France until early February.