An estimated 7.22 million people were waiting to start routine hospital treatment at the end of February 2023, the highest total since records began in 2007
An estimated 7.22 million people were waiting to start routine hospital treatment at the end of February, the highest total since records began in 2007, according to figures from NHS England.Ambulance response times for all types of emergencies have also got longer, including for life-threatening illnesses and injuries.
And around one in 10 people arriving at A&E are waiting more than 12 hours before being admitted, transferred or discharged.The number of people waiting more than 18 months for treatment has dropped from 45,631 to 29,778, a month-on-month fall of 35%. The government has set NHS England the ambitious target of eliminating all waits of more than 18 months by April 2023, excluding exceptionally complex cases or where patients have chosen to put their operations off.
Waits of more than a year are also down, from 379,245 in January to 362,498 in February, a fall of around 4%.
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