Long-waiters fall by a third despite ‘stubbornly high’ elective list

By James Illman, Matt Discombe and Alison Moore2024-05-09T12:07:00

Trusts cut the number 65-week breaches by 35 per cent between February and March, reducing the long waiter cohort significantly from around 75,000 to around 49,000, according to NHS England’s monthly data.

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