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Waiting list hits new record as 65 week target slips away
For most patients, waiting times are not coming down
For most patients, waiting times are not coming down
The waiting list continues to grow rapidly, with no sign yet of the missing referrals surging back.
The waiting list is still growing at over 100,000 patients per month
Waiting times remained stubbornly close to 20 weeks at the end of July, the 17th consecutive breach of the 18 week target.
The waiting list continues to grow rapidly as demand mostly recovers but activity cannot.
The English waiting list managed to stay inside 4 million, in the last figures to be published before the general election. It won't last.
The waiting list has been threatening to exceed 4 million patients for a while now, and in June it finally popped over. A slump in... Watch the video
Four years of waiting list growth would need to be undone to achieve the NHS Constitution standard again.
It will soon be a criminal offence to supply false or misleading waiting list data. Time to get ready.
The falling waits to diagnosis and decision are especially welcome