waiting time statistics
England nears 18-week breach as election approaches
The English NHS achieved the main 18-weeks target in January, but the gap is closing and it's turning into a nail-biter as the Election approaches.
The English NHS achieved the main 18-weeks target in January, but the gap is closing and it's turning into a nail-biter as the Election approaches.
The English waiting list grew more rapidly than expected in April, and it is now unlikely that the 18 week target will ever be achieved... Watch the video
And then we won't know how long waiting times really are.
Longer-waiting services should have improved in June, as Trusts approach the start of their "reset" trajectories in July. But instead those longer waits got worse.
England's referral-to-treatment waiting times headed towards 19 weeks, fuelled by a growing waiting list and in spite of the intended recovery trajectories.
The English NHS pulled out the stops in August with a major effort to clear the long-wait backlog. But it didn't work. The long waits... Watch the video
A massive effort at the end of England's much-extended waiting list initiative saw record admission rates and a record focus on treating long-waiters. The result?... Watch the video
October was another flop for the English national waiting list initiative, with fewer patients treated than usual and more long-waiters.
The waiting list should be shrinking at this time of year, but it isn't. In better news, the number of one year waiters is coming... Watch the video
Long waits deteriorated across the board in December, especially in the longer-waiting services. Even so, there is a decent chance of the English NHS delivering... Watch the video