{"id":61090,"date":"2025-08-16T15:37:31","date_gmt":"2025-08-16T15:37:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kede.com.br\/news\/are-hospital-surgery-wait-times-improving-near-you\/"},"modified":"2025-08-16T15:37:32","modified_gmt":"2025-08-16T15:37:32","slug":"are-hospital-surgery-wait-times-improving-near-you","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kede.com.br\/news\/are-hospital-surgery-wait-times-improving-near-you\/","title":{"rendered":"are hospital surgery wait times improving near you?"},"content":{"rendered":"


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Every NHS hospital in England has been told to improve patient waiting times for planned treatment as the government has made hitting the 18-week target one of its key priorities for this parliament.<\/p>\n

By March 2026, the government wants to see<\/a> at least 65% of patients waiting no longer than 18 weeks.<\/p>\n

To get there, every NHS trust has to either get to 60% or improve on its November 2024 figures by five percentage points – whichever is greater.<\/p>\n

That is just a stepping stone towards the ultimate goal of achieving 92% by July 2029.<\/p>\n

Use your postcode to find out whether waiting lists are getting better near you.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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BBC Verify’s analysis included NHS trusts in England that had at least 5,000 people waiting for elective treatment in November 2024.<\/p>\n

Targets in other nations are different and the interim targets for next March set by the UK government do not apply.<\/p>\n

While Scotland aims for 90% of patients to be treated within 18 weeks of referral, in Wales the target is for 95% of patients to wait less than 26 weeks.<\/p>\n

In Northern Ireland, 55% of patients should wait no longer than 13 weeks for day case or inpatient treatment.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Interactive tool produced by Alli Shultes, Rebecca French, Daniel Wainwright, Nick Triggle, Ollie Lux Rigby, Chris Kay, Adam Allen, Avi Holden and Rebecca Wedge-Roberts<\/i><\/p>\n<\/div>\n


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