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The number of people waiting for hospital treatment in England has exceeded 5 million for the first time, highlighting the growing problem of long waits for NHS care.
NHS England’s latest set of monthly performance figures, published on Thursday, show that the waiting list stood at 5,122,017 in April – up 171,720 in a month.
The total has risen from the 4.95 million who were on it in March, which was itself almost 252,000 up on the 4.698m recorded in February – a month-on-month rise of 5.4%.
The number of people being forced to wait at least a year for treatment in hospital, especially surgery, has fallen for the first time in over a year but remains a serious problem. Thursday’s figures also show that 385,490 people have now been waiting more than 52 weeks, 50,637 down on the 436,127 who were in that position last month.
www.theguardian.com
NHS England’s latest set of monthly performance figures, published on Thursday, show that the waiting list stood at 5,122,017 in April – up 171,720 in a month.
The total has risen from the 4.95 million who were on it in March, which was itself almost 252,000 up on the 4.698m recorded in February – a month-on-month rise of 5.4%.
The number of people being forced to wait at least a year for treatment in hospital, especially surgery, has fallen for the first time in over a year but remains a serious problem. Thursday’s figures also show that 385,490 people have now been waiting more than 52 weeks, 50,637 down on the 436,127 who were in that position last month.
Number of people on England’s NHS waiting list tops 5m for first time
Latest figures show 5,122,017 people waiting for treatment in April – up 171,720 in a month
www.theguardian.com