NHS waiting list is the longest for 11 years The NHS waiting list in England is the longest it has been in 11 years, official figures have revealed today.
A staggering 4,154,559 people – around six per cent of the entire UK population – were waiting to start hospital treatment at the end of August.
This number is the highest it has been since August 2007, and more than 3,000 people have been waiting more than a year for routine treatment.
A&E departments are also getting busier and cancer treatment waiting times have been missed for the 32nd month in a row, NHS data showed. The Daily Mail
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