Hospital waiting times drop slightly for first time since Covid pandemic
A total of 7.19 million people were waiting to start hospital treatment at the end of November – a light drop from record-high in NHS history.
This is down slightly from 7.21 million in October, which was the highest number since records began in August 2007.
According to NHS England data, an estimated 406,575 patients had been waiting more than 52 weeks to start their treatment at the end of November.
This is down from 410,983 at the end of October and is the first month-on-month fall since February last year.
The government and NHS England have set the ambition of eliminating all waits of more than a year by March 2025.
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