English waiting list nears 7 million patients
The wait for diagnosis and decision is rising much faster than the wait for treatment.
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The NHS’s approach to reducing elective waiting times is unlikely to work
Trying to eliminate cohorts of waiting list patients is too simplistic
Elective waits continued to worsen in June
Growing underlying pressures are coming into conflict with the headline targets
Elective volumes rise as covid measures ease
Elective admissions rose sharply following the relaxation of covid measures, but it was not enough to stop the waiting list from growing
Elective waiting times worsen in April
The number of 104 week waiters improved, but overall things are getting worse with elective waits.
Surging backlog marked end of financial year
Two year waits may be falling, but the underlying pressure on waiting times continued to grow
Underlying pressure still rising on elective waiting times
Although headline waiting times fell slightly, both the waiting list and the wait to diagnosis went up
Elective waits lengthen again
Waiting times after referral have reached nine months for a diagnosis and decision, and ten months for treatment. But the experience of individual patients varies enormously.
Waits for diagnosis and decision rise to 38.6 weeks
Many urgent conditions are only picked up at diagnosis, making such long waits risky
A pause in the growing waiting list
The waiting list hovered just below six million, as more patients were discharged or removed from the waiting list.