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English waits improve slightly in May
Usually waiting times improve in April, but this year the English NHS waited until May. It wasn't enough to achieve the target though.
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English waits top 19 weeks, all surgical specialties now in breach
Elective waits passed the 19 week mark, all surgical specialties are now breaching, and only 69 per cent of local specialties are within target. As... Watch the video
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Hitting RTT target now almost ‘a minority sport’
Waiting times improved in June, but the underlying waiting list pressures kept growing as activity remained short of demand.
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Introducing the monthly RTT charts
Our free monthly RTT analyses are designed to reveal the story behind the waiting times, as this introduction explains.
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It’s a bad autumn for the waiting list as admissions falter
When the NHS keeps up with demand, the waiting list shrinks in the autumn. It isn't shrinking.
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It’s official: England breaches the 18 week standard
England officially breached the 18 week target at national level in December 2015, after unofficially breaching it since October. The cause: long term rapid growth... Watch the video
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January’s efforts slow the deterioration in elective waits
In spite of record pressures on A&E waiting times, the English NHS managed to have a fairly normal January for elective care.
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Labour’s inheritance on RTT waiting times
At the end of the last government, waiting times were bad but no longer getting worse
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Long waits soar as hospitals struggle to admit
Over-one-year waiters shot up by 20 per cent, as admission rates slumped in the face of record A&E pressures.
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Longest waits fall in year-end activity surge
Very long waits improved as the NHS increased inpatient and daycase treatments