Targets to work through the backlog of NHS treatments are 'very stretching', and may not be enough to prevent waiting lists from growing, a health service leader warned.
Chris Hopson also called the Government’s lack of support for a workforce plan “incredibly frustrating”.
A record 6.1 million people were waiting to start treatment at the end of December – the highest number since records began in August 2007, according to data from NHS England.
