NHS England waiting list hits 7.6 million for hospital treatment

This is up from almost 7.5 million in May and marked an increase of 574,649 from the end of 2022, as over 100,000 patients joined the NHS waiting list in June 2023. Overall, 383,083 people were waiting for more than one year to start hospital treatment. Brett Hill, head of health and protection at independent consultancy Broadstone, commented: "Despite increasingly urgent political rhetoric, it is evident that the enormous challenges facing the NHS are going to get worse before they get better." "This is no longer just a public health issue but a huge social and economic problem th...