Note: The green bars compare January–October 2022 with January–October 2019, except for types of care with an asterisk, where January–November 2022 is compared with January–November 2019. The yellow bars compare the latest month of data with the same month in 2019. The latest data are for October 2022, except for types of care with an asterisk, where November 2022 is the latest month of data. Treatments from the waiting list and first cancer appointments will be included in the elective admission and outpatient appointment bars. Treatments from the waiting list include estimated data for two trusts that did not report data.
Source: Authors’ calculations using NHS England’s Appointments in General Practice (October 2022 and June 2021), NHS England’s A&E Attendances & Emergency Admission statistics (November 2022), NHS England’s Ambulance Quality Indicators (November 2022), NHS Digital’s Provisional Monthly Hospital Episode Statistics for Admitted Patient Care, Outpatient and Accident and Emergency data (October 2022), NHS England’s Referral to Treatment (RTT) Waiting Times (October 2022), and NHS England’s Cancer Waiting Times (October 2022).
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