waiting list

Example Sentences

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She has not seen one for 14 years and has been forced to pay privately for her two young daughters to get treatment as she was told waiting lists locally were seven years long.

From BBC

Amy is now at risk of bowel obstruction and possible kidney failure and is considered an urgent case but remains stuck on a surgery waiting list and feels like she has been "left to rot".

From BBC

He linked the issue to Durham's social housing waiting list.

From BBC

In a week, we had 25,000 people on the waiting list to purchase that first bottle.

From Los Angeles Times

The NHS was thought to have only two weeks' supply in stock and so was focussing on emergency patients and the most complex cases on the waiting list.

From BBC