NHS waiting list down after three months of rises
The NHS waiting list in England has fallen after three months of consecutive rises.
At the end of September, it stood at 7.39 million, down from 7.41 million the month before. Of those waiting, 61.8% of patients had been waiting less than 18 weeks.
That is the best performance for more than two years, but is well below the target of 92%, which the government has promised it will hit by the end of the parliament.
The NHS also released figures showing more than one million people came forward for flu jabs in the past week after a vaccination "SOS" was issued last week amid the early rise in flu cases this year.
Source: BBC News, 13 November 2025