The NHS waiting list in England must halve to reach waiting time targets

It is a constitutional requirement in England’s NHS that 92% of patients awaiting consultant-led elective treatment must be waiting no longer than 18 weeks. This target was last met in November 2015. Since then, waiting times have lengthened, with only 58.9% of the 7.5 million who were waiting at ye...

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Published in:	Future Healthcare Journal
Main Authors:	Richard M Wood, PhD, Sebastian S Fox, MSc, Lucy E Morgan, PhD, Neil S Walton, PhD
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Elsevier 2025-12-01
Subjects:	Elective care Planned care Waiting list Waiting times Modelling
Online Access:	http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2514664525002577