NHS waiting list shoots to ANOTHER record high as crisis leaves 6.5MILLION patients stuck in queue for routine ops
NHS England data shows one in nine people were queuing for elective operations by April. There are now 323,093 people who have been waiting for more than a year for their operation, up 5.5 per cent.
And 12,735 have been seeking treatment for more than two years, down by a quarter on rates in March. Health Secretary Sajid Javid has promised to cut one-year waits to zero by 2025 and two-year waits by July. Data on A&E performance in May shows a 19,053 people were forced to wait at least 12 hours to be treated
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