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Scottish waiting times still worsening

Waiting times are getting worse in Scotland, but you wouldn't know it from the government's press release.

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Sharp fall in elective admission rate

September's admission rate was sharply down on recent years. However waiting list management recovered, enabling a slight improvement in waiting times to 20.3 weeks. That's... Watch the video

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Sharp increase in English waiting list

The number of patients waiting rose sharply in March, and is now higher than in recent years and may indicate waiting times pressures to come.... Watch the video

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Shocking deterioration in referral-to-treatment (RTT) waiting times

Elective RTT waiting times shot up by over a week in December, in the fastest monthly increase since 2010.

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So it begins: the real elective backlog starts to emerge

Referrals are up year-on-year, for the first time since covid restrictions began. But activity is not.

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Spot the waiting list initiative: lost without trace in July’s RTT data

The English national waiting list initiative should have got well underway in July. But it didn't: waiting times got worse.

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Still waiting for elective recovery

At least the underlying pressure on waiting times has stopped getting worse.

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Success on one-year waits, but waiting list grows to record-breaking size

The English NHS achieved its important ambition to halve the number of one year waiters during 2018-19. However the underlying waiting list continued to grow,... Watch the video

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Surging backlog marked end of financial year

Two year waits may be falling, but the underlying pressure on waiting times continued to grow

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The English waiting list: not growing after all?

After adjusting for counting changes, it turns out the English waiting list might not be growing after all.