Number of patients facing 18-month wait for NHS care rises in England

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Figures show NHS going backward on key targets, despite small drop in size of waiting list in November

Patients are facing “unacceptably long” waits for care, health experts have warned, as new figures show the NHS going backwards on some of its key targets.

NHS England data for November published on Thursday showed that despite a small drop, more than 6 million people were waiting for treatment and hundreds of thousands have been waiting for more than one year.

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