Another record-breaking waiting list for England: The elective backlog recovery has not yet begun (10 March 2023)

Summary

This discussion, published in HSJ, looks at the state of NHS waiting times in January 2023. All figures come from NHS England.

The referral-to-treatment waiting list narrowly broke through previous records in January, edging up to 7,213,436 patient pathways. Waiting times rose too, with 8 per cent of the list waiting longer than 46.6 weeks, up from 46.3 weeks the previous month.

Read the full blog and access the data via the link below.