A record number of people are waiting to start routine hospital treatment in England, with nearly 10,000 procedures delayed for more than two years. New NHS figures show that a total of 5.7 million people were waiting to start treatment at the end of August 2021. This is the highest number since records began in August 2007. The number of people having to wait more than a year to start treatment fell slightly in August 2021 to 292,138 but this is still more than double the number waiting a year earlier, when the figure was 111,026.
Oct 2021. Politics Bypassing the People
