211,000 patients have been waiting 6 MONTHS for treatment

211,000 patients have been waiting 6 MONTHS for treatment Some 4.08 million patients in May were waiting to start treatment - the highest total since 4.19 million in August 2007, according to figures released by NHS England. The Daily Mail

See also:

• NHS operation waiting lists reach 10-year high at 4.3m patients The Guardian
• NHS waits of six months or longer up 50 per cent in a year with hundreds of thousands 'left in pain' The Independent