7.2 million patients were waiting for NHS treatment in OctoberRead More
Seven million patients were waiting to start treatment at the end of August, with over 380,000 having been on the list for over a year.
This means one out of every 18 people on the waiting list is waiting over 12 months to begin treatment.
Figures also showed that 2,646 people had been waiting over two years to begin routine hospital treatment at the end of August, slightly down from 2,885 the previous month and markedly down from a peak of 23,778 in January this year.
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