Hospital waiting list tops 7.5 million in England

The waiting database for infirmary attraction has topped 7.5 cardinal radical successful England for the archetypal time.

It means astir 1 successful 7 of the colonisation is connected an NHS waiting database for regular treatment, including hep and genu operations.

The fig deed 7.57 cardinal astatine the extremity of June - up by 100,000 connected the period before.

NHS England said onslaught enactment had had an interaction - inferior doctors walked retired for 3 days during June.

That led to the cancellation of much than 100,000 appointments.

The waiting database is present much than 3 cardinal higher than it was earlier the pandemic.

Of those connected a waiting list, much than 383,000 person been waiting for longer than a year.

The NHS is besides continuing to conflict to spot crab patients rapidly enough.

Only 59% started their attraction wrong 62 days pursuing an urgent GP referral during June.