The English waiting list reached a new record size of 7,472,052 patient pathways at the end of May, up 56,700 over the...
Waiting list hits new record as 65 week target slips away
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Elective waiting list breaks new record
The English NHS fought a losing battle to keep up with elective demand in April, as the referral-to-treatment (RTT)...
Why the next two elective waiting time targets will be much harder
Early last year, NHS England published a plan to tackle the post-covid backlog of elective care, which set out some...
Could Labour restore 18 week waits in a single parliamentary term?
It will be difficult to stop the waiting list from growing. But once that is achieved, restoring 18 weeks in one term...
Why the next two elective waiting time targets will be much harder – full analysis
This is the full analysis version of the summary originally published in the Health Service Journal. Independent...
78 week target officially missed as elective waiting list grows to record size
March ended with a reported 10,737 patients still waiting more than 78 weeks after referral. So NHS England's target...
Still waiting for elective recovery
The English elective waiting list grew very slightly again in February, to a new record size of 7,218,001 patient...
Another record-breaking waiting list for England
The referral-to-treatment (RTT) waiting list narrowly broke through previous records in January, edging up to...
Use of the Independent Sector to tackle long waits “simply hasn’t happened” (and how to fix it)
“More independent capacity” was promised by the Prime Minister in his priorities for 2023. It hasn’t happened – but...