Summary
NHS England have released statistics on referral to treatment (RTT) waiting times for consultant-led elective care. The statistics include patients waiting to start treatment at the end of July 2022 and patients who were treated during July 2022.
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Main findings
- At the end of July 2022, 61.0% of patients waiting to start treatment (incomplete pathways) were waiting up to 18 weeks, thus not meeting the 92% standard.
- The number of RTT patients waiting to start treatment at the end of July 2022 was 6.8 million patients. Of those, 377,689 patients were waiting more than 52 weeks and 2,885 patients were waiting more than 104 weeks.
- For patients waiting to start treatment at the end of July 2022, the median waiting time was 13.3 weeks. The 92nd percentile waiting time was 45.9 weeks.
- During July 2022, 1,602,408 patients started a new RTT pathway (new RTT periods or clock starts).
- During July 2022, 265,098 RTT patients started admitted treatment and 1,015,337 started non-admitted treatment (completed pathways).
NHS England: NHS referral to treatment (RTT) waiting times data July 2022 (8 September 2022)
https://www.england.nhs.uk/statistics/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/09/Jul22-RTT-SPN-publication-version.pdf
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