More than 400,000 people in Greater Manchester are now waiting for NHS treatment amid years of pandemic delays - even before electives were cancelled for weeks in the region.
At the end of December 2021, 407,847 people were on waiting lists, according to the latest figures published by Greater Manchester's NHS trusts.
More than 26,000 of those patients have been waiting more than a year for their care, and one in three patients are waiting longer than 18 weeks - the NHS target for treatment.
