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NHS England has released new waiting time figures. PA Media has the main points.
The number of people in England waiting to start routine hospital treatment has risen to a record high, PA reports. PA says:
An estimated 7.4 million people were waiting to start treatment at the end of April, up from 7.3 million in March, NHS England said.
It is the highest number since records began in August 2007.
Some 11,477 people are estimated to have been waiting more than 18 months to start routine hospital treatment at the end of April, NHS England said. PA says:
This is up from 10,737 at the end of March.
The government and NHS England set the ambition of eliminating all waits of more than 18 months by April of this year, excluding exceptionally complex cases or patients who choose to wait longer.
A total of 371,111 people in England had been waiting more than 52 weeks to start routine hospital treatment at the end of April. PA says:
This is up from 359,798 at the end of March.
The government and NHS England have set the ambition of eliminating all waits of more than a year by March 2025.
Some 218,060 urgent cancer referrals were made by GPs in England in April, down month-on-month (by 16% compared with March 2023) but up year-on-year (by 2% compared with April 2022). PA says:
The proportion of cancer patients who saw a specialist within two weeks of being referred urgently by their GP fell from 83.9% in March to 77.7% in April, remaining below the 93% target and the lowest figure since September 2022.
The 93% target was last hit in May 2020, during the early months of the Covid-19 pandemic.
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