The number of women waiting for gynaecology treatments in the North East and Yorkshire is up 36% in just a year.
That's according to the latest NHS figures, and opposition politicians have called for urgent action to improve the situation. According to the data, in December, there were 78,188 people waiting for gynaecology services. That's up by more than 20,000 - from 57,313 - compared to a year earlier.
3,680 of those people had been waiting for more than a year for treatment.
