The number of patients waiting for routine treatment in England rises by another 70,000 people as hospitals struggle to reduce the backlog
in England has risen again to a new record of 7.75 million people – a rise of just under 70,000 on the previous month., is the highest number since records began in August 2007. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has made cutting waiting lists one of his priorities for 2023, pledging in January that “lists will fall and people will get the care they need more quickly”.
Some 8,998 people in England are estimated to have been waiting more than 18 months to start routine hospital treatment at the end of August, up from 7,289 at the end of July. The Government and NHS England set the ambition of eliminating all waits of more than 18 months by April this year, excluding exceptionally complex cases or patients who choose to wait longer.
A total of 396,643 people in England had been waiting more than 52 weeks to start routine hospital treatment at the end of August, up from 389,952 at the end of July. Officials have set the ambition of eliminating all waits of more than a year by March 2025.
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