Hospital long waits highest since 2008 The number of patients in England waiting longer than 18 weeks for routine treatment is the largest since September 2008, official figures show.
The data showed there were over 382,000 patients waiting longer than the target timeframe in April out of a total of 3.78 million on the waiting list.
Problems also continued to be seen in waiting times for A&E and cancer.
The NHS England figures had been due out on Thursday, but were postponed to avoid being published on polling day.
Clare Marx, president of the Royal College of Surgeons, said she expected the situation to get worse given NHS England said earlier this year it was willing to see waiting times increase so it could prioritise A&E and cancer. BBC News
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The data showed there were over 382,000 patients waiting longer than the target timeframe in April out of a total of 3.78 million on the waiting list.
Problems also continued to be seen in waiting times for A&E and cancer.
The NHS England figures had been due out on Thursday, but were postponed to avoid being published on polling day.
Clare Marx, president of the Royal College of Surgeons, said she expected the situation to get worse given NHS England said earlier this year it was willing to see waiting times increase so it could prioritise A&E and cancer. BBC News
See also:
- Near doubling in number of patients left to wait at least a year for surgery The Daily Telegraph
- Under-strain NHS fails to ensure cancer patients seen quickly enough The Guardian
- Bed-blocking up by 52 per cent in three years, NHS figures show The Independent
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