Nearly 400,000 NHS patients in England waiting more than a year for treatment

Nearly 400,000 NHS patients in England waiting more than a year for treatment Nearly 400,000 NHS patients in England have now been waiting more than a year for routine treatment, according to the latest NHS performance data.

According to NHS England a total of 387,885 patients had been waiting over a year for planned surgery and other routine treatments – this has increased from just 1,613 a year ago and is the highest number for any month since December 2007. The Independent

See also: 

• 4.7 million waiting for operations in England BBC News