Waiting list of 7.7 million in England
The waiting list is still growing at over 100,000 patients per month
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Elective waits at your Trust
Sticky: up to date analysis of your elective waiting times performance
Waiting list grows again as NHS plays catch-up on missed targets
Clinical risk on the waiting list continues to grow
Waiting list hits new record as 65 week target slips away
For most patients, waiting times are not coming down
Elective waiting list breaks new record
Of 7.4 million waiting, 6.3 million do not have a diagnosis and decision, and 26,800 of those may turn out to have cancer
Why the next two elective waiting time targets will be much harder
The NHS's favourite way of delivering waiting time targets is faltering
Could Labour restore 18 week waits in a single parliamentary term?
The biggest task will be keeping up with demand. Beyond that, restoring 18 weeks in one term looks feasible.
Why the next two elective waiting time targets will be much harder – full analysis
Full analysis: why the NHS's favourite way of delivering waiting time targets is faltering
78 week target officially missed as elective waiting list grows to record size
Achieving the next targets will need a more sophisticated approach than targeting cohorts of long waiters
Still waiting for elective recovery
At least the underlying pressure on waiting times has stopped getting worse.