NHS waiting list at its worst since 2025, new figures reveal, despite record levels of care
Despite record summer elective activity, the list reached 7.37 million treatments and 113,339 people waited more than a year, NHS figures show.
- The NHS routine hospital waiting list in England rose to 7.37 million pending procedures in August, involving approximately 6.24 million patients, marking continued growth despite record summer activity.
- Despite NHS staff delivering a summer record of 4.7 million planned treatments across June, July, and August, waiting lists increased by more than 120,000 since the start of this year through August.
- Emergency departments experienced their busiest September on record with 2.44 million attendances, while 50,582 patients faced 12-hour admission delays, termed "corridor care."
- Health Secretary Yvette Cooper praised staff for delivering record care, yet the Health Foundation warned that meeting the government's 18-week treatment pledge is becoming increasingly difficult.
- Ominous signs of winter pressure are already building, with more patients arriving at A&E with respiratory viruses, prompting officials to urge eligible individuals to get vaccinated before winter intensifies.
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The Independent (US)NHS waiting list continues to rise despite record levels of care over summer
An NHS chief has warned of ‘ominous’ signs of winter pressure building on the health service.
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There will be concern too that the pressures of a long, hot summer have merged almost seamlessly into the pressures associated with the winter months. More patients, including children, have been arriving at A&E departments with flu and other respiratory viruses. The number of patients seen within four hours in A&Es last month fell to […] The post ‘Ominous signs’ of winter pressures as NHS waiting list grows appeared first on Tech, Entertainment…
NHS Waiting List At Its Worst Since 2025, New Figures Reveal, Despite Record Levels Of Care
According to new NHS figures, an estimated 7.37 million treatments were waiting to be carried out at the end of August, relating to 6.24 million patients. This is up from 7.33 million treatments and 6.21 million patients at the end of July. The numbers are the highest since October 2025, when the list stood at […]
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