387,000 wait more than a year for surgery - The Telegraph 11th January 2008

Almost 400,000 patients are still waiting more than a year for NHS treatment, a think tank claimed yesterday. Government figures showed a rise in the number of patients being admitted for treatment within the 18-week target from referral. The latest figures, for October 2007, showed 60 per cent were treated within that limit, up from 57 per cent the previous month.

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