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.
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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.
Another record-breaking waiting list for England
The elective backlog recovery has not yet begun
Elective waiting times rose sharply in December
The waiting time to diagnosis and decision has risen to over 10 months.
Elective waits did not worsen in November
But one month does not a recovery make
Elective backlog grows to over 7.2 million
The October data was heavily affected by missing data, but the waiting list and waiting times continue to grow
More than 2,000 patients are still waiting over two years
Waiting lists and waiting times are overall still getting worse
NHSE’s ‘unlawful’ waiting list guidance should be withdrawn
It may be unlawful, undermines National Statistics, puts managers at risk of prosecution, and erodes public trust in the NHS