7.54 million
The number on the NHS waiting list in February 2024. The good news for the government is that this figure is slightly lower than the peak of 7.7 million.
However, when you look under the bonnet, you find that some data manipulation is occurring: 36,000 treatments were excluded from the overall waiting list due to new guidance, and community s…
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