Total waiting list falls but 78-week breaches rise

By James Illman and Matt Discombe2024-01-11T12:47:00

Source: Credit: Chris McAndrew / UK Parliament (Attribution 3.0 Unported (CC BY 3.0))

The waiting list has fallen in consecutive months for the first time since 2020, although 78-week breaches have now increased four months in a row, despite an NHS England plan to have “virtually eliminated” them by last April.

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