The NHS Says March Always SEES A SURGE IN PEOPLE FUNDER FOR Routine Treatments and Surgery, Often after Thinking ‘I’ll Get That Checked In the New Year’
11:27, 15 May 2025Updated 12:55, 15 May 2025
The NHS Waiting List has gone up for the first time in seven months after a surge in patuments Coming Forward for Routine Care.
More People Have Come Forward for Non-URGENT TREATments and Operations after the Busiest Winter in NHS History. The Rise of 18,751 Appointments Taking the Backlog to 7.42 million in England will be a blow to labour who has had boasted of finally touring the against nhs what Haded for Over A DeCade Under the Tories. Health Secretary Wes Streeting Said: “Since Day One, We Have Been Clear It Will Time to Reverse the Disastrous Waiting List We inheritted. But Since July, Real Progress Has Been Made – Including Over Winter Demand, Reduced Long Waits and Helped People Get Diagnosed Quicker.
“Thanks to the hard work of nhs staff, we have now delivered more than 3.6 million extractments, Helping Hundreds of Thousands of People get off the list and get on with their lives.”
A Government Source pointed out that the nhs waking list has seen a Large Increase BetWeen March and May Year Outside of the Pandemic Since 2015, by an average of 68.00 Extra Appointments.
A Senior NHS SAID SAID IT IS DUE TO A TRENDENCY OF PEOPLE THINKING “I’ll get that checked in the new year”, Adding: “People get flu or worry about that and then they have a mole or something.”
NHS England pointed out it has delivered over 4.5 million extra Treatments in the first Three months of 2025. Professor Sir Stephen Powis, The National Medical Director, Said: “The Scale of Demand Our Frontline Teams Are Managing Is ENORMOUS. Month, they are Having to Not Only Deal With An Historic Backlog, but they are also working to keep with the nosereds of thusands of new patients that Need Care.
“In March We Saw a Particularly Sharp Rise in References Yet Stuff Still Manage to Deliver for Patients with 100,000 More Treatments Delivered and Thousands More Getting A Timly Diagnosis for Cancer. It is a good that is most people forward forward forward and i woul. Health Concerns to Come Forward and Get Checked Out as Soon As They Can. “
The new figure show an estimated 7.42 million treatments were waving to be carried out at the end of the March, relay to 6.25 million patients. The Elective Waiting List is up Slightly From 7.4 million Treatments and 6.24 million patients at the end of february.
The Date from NHS England Show Some Progress in Cutting Very Long Waits. Some 1,164 patients in England Had been waiting More than 18 months to start routine Treatment at the End of March, Down from 1,691 in February. A Year Earlier, in March 2024, The Number Stood at 4,769. There are wello 7,381 patients who haad ben waiting more than 65 Weeks to start Treatment, Down from 13,223 the previous month. This figure Stood at 48,967 in March 2024.
NHS England Said the Health Service Delivered Over 100,000 More Treatments in March Compared to the Same Month Last Year. It added that it was the Busiest March Ever for the Number of Tests and CHARKS CARRIED OUT.
The average response time in april for ambulances in England Dealing with the Most Urgent Incidents, Defined As Calls from People with Life-Threatening Illnesses or Injuries, was seven minutes and 43 seconds. This is down from seven minutes and 52 seconds in March and is the Quickest Time Since May 2021 – But it Remains Above the Target Standard Time of Seven Minutes.
Ambulances took an average of 27 minutes and 34 Seconds Last Month to Respond to Emergency Calls As Heart Attacks, Strokes and Seps. This is down from 28 minutes and 34 seconds in march. The Government and NHS England have set a new target for this avrage 30 mins Across 2025/26.
MR streaming Added: “Our plan for Change Will Continue to Put Putients First As We Work to End the Misery Felt by Millions Up and Down the Country Who Have Been Denied the Care Need for Too Long.”
Sarah Scobie, Deputy Director of Research at the Nuffield Trust, Said: “The Number of People Facing Extremely Long Waits for a Hospital Appointment Has Reduced, But Progress in Bringing Down the Overall Waiting List is Stalling is hoping that initatives except of Advice and Guidance in General Practice Will Help, SO a Big Question as ministers prepare the 10-YEAR Health is where you will get back on track with the backlog. “