![NHS waiting list IFS scenarios and subsequent out-turn](/sites/default/files/styles/wysiwyg_full_width_desktop/public/2024-05/NHS%20waiting%20list%20IFS%20scenarios%20and%20subsequent%20out-turn_0.jpg?itok=V4DSqjmQ)
Source: NHS England’s Consultant-led RTT Waiting Times Data September 2022 update and Stoye, Warner and Zaranko, ‘What could happen to NHS waiting lists in England’, February 2022.
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