NHS waiting lists continue to fall NHS waiting lists continued their downward trend in February, the latest figures available from the Department of

At the end of February, 725,928 patients were waiting for inpatient treatment – a fall of almost 4% on January. The number of patients waiting longer than the government target of 26 weeks rose to 378 against 229 the previous month, but some headway was made in both the under 13 and 13-26 weeks bands,…