waiting time statistics
Waiting lists and criminal offences
It will soon be a criminal offence to supply false or misleading waiting list data. Time to get ready.
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
Waiting times rose again, and the longest waits were hardest hit. Continued, severe and widespread capacity pressures are the likely culprit.
The elective recovery ground to a halt in December, as waiting times showed their fastest increase since July.
Elective waiting times have risen from 22 weeks to 23 weeks over the last 14 months, and there is still no end in sight. The... Watch the video
English waiting times rose from 26.5 to 30.6 weeks in April, with over a million patients waiting longer than 18 weeks, and 11,000 waiting longer... Watch the video
Waiting times didn't get significantly worse in September, and some indicators improved. But it's still going to be tough to stop the waiting list from... Watch the video
Yet another large trust stopped reporting its referral-to-treatment data, which clouded the picture for the latest November figures and raised non-reported waiting lists to a... Watch the video
The position on English waiting times remained steady in September. But nearly half the country's one-year-waiters were reported at just one hospital.
The winter lull kept English waiting times below 20 weeks for the last few months, but now they're back. This time it's probably permanent.