Drop in hospital wait lists

Published date12 April 2024
Publication titleHuddersfield Daily Examiner
An estimated 7.54 million treatments were waiting to be carried out at the end of February - relating to 6.29 million patients - down slightly from 7.58 million treatments and 6.32 million patients at the end of January, NHS England said

It comes amid a change to way the list is counted, with community paediatric waits no longer included.

As a result, about 36,000 treatments have been removed from the total. With this considered, February's waiting list remained stable compared to the previous month, according to NHS England.

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said: "A drop of...

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