Data released by NHS England shows the patient backlog has hit record levels after treatments were delayed during the pandemic.
The number of people in England waiting to start routine hospital treatment has risen to a record high, due to the backlog in NHS care as a result of the coronavirus pandemic.
Around 5.45 million people were waiting to start treatment at the end of June - the highest since records began in August 2007, NHS England figures released on Wednesday showed.It is an increase of around 150,000 in just a month afterOf those, 68.8% of patients were waiting for treatment to begin within 18 weeks.
However, the latest figures also show that the number of people waiting for more than a year has fallen by 31,930 to 304,803 in June.This is down from 336,733 the previous month and compares with a peak of 436,127 at the end of March. The data also shows 230,110 urgent cancer referrals were made by GPs in England in June - up from the 153,543 reported in the same month last year.
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