The Covid pandemic sparked the waiting list surge - but is it all to blame?
There can be few things worse than waiting to have hospital treatment. Surgery perhaps that might change your life or take your pain away.
There can be few things worse than waiting to have hospital treatment. Surgery perhaps that might change your life or take your pain away.
A total of 5.12 million people were waiting to start treatment at the end of April 2021, according to figures from NHS England.
New figures show October was the worst-ever performance since a target was introduced in 2004.