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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
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Jitendra Joshi

Record 7.6m people waiting for NHS hospital care in England

Rishi Sunak’s pledge to cut NHS waiting lists hit fresh trouble on Thursday as the number of people in England waiting to start routine hospital treatment rose to a new record high.

An estimated 7.6 million people were waiting to start treatment at the end of June, up by more than 100,000 from May, NHS England data showed. That is the highest number since records began in August 2007.

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