The NHS waiting list in England has fallen after three months of consecutive rises. At the end of September, it stood at 7.39 million, down from 7.41 million the month before. Of those waiting, 61.8% ...

The hospital waiting list in England has dropped to its lowest level in nearly three years. At the end of December 2025 there were 7.29 million patients waiting for treatments such as knee and hip ...

New NHS data has revealed that waiting lists across Cambridgeshire are improving and the national waiting list target has ...

Newly-released figures show a staggering 110 out of 111 NHS trusts that have specialist ophthalmology units in the UK failed ...

In the week that the Health Secretary resigned, the NHS also revealed that it met its waiting time target for speeding up hospital treatments in England. The government aimed to have at least 65% of ...

A study of NHS-funded hip and knee replacement operations has found fewer surgical admissions within NHS hospitals and rising waiting times even as NHS contracts with private providers have expanded.

This explainer is part of a series Full Fact is publishing exploring a range of topics. We’ll be updating these articles on a regular basis—this article was last updated on 19 May 2026 and the ...

An estimated 65.3 per cent of patients in England in March began hospital treatment within 18 weeks of referral, up from 62.6 per cent in February and the highest percentage since November 2021. This ...

Health Secretary Wes Streeting resigned this week after almost two years in post - and did so on a day which saw him claim to have brought NHS waiting lists down. ChronicleLive has examined the ...