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3 months agoHuge human and economic toll': one in seven people in England waiting for NHS treatment
7.6 million people in England were waiting for treatment in December, with 3.3 million waiting for more than four months and 337,450 waiting longer than a year.
The waiting list has risen by 66% since February 2020, before the start of the Covid pandemic. [ more ]