NHS England · 11 May 2010 – 8 May 2015

NHS waits of more than a year during the Coalition 2010–2015 government

April 2010 → April 2015 · 60 periods

↓ 96.6%−20,396 incomplete pathways

NHS waits of more than a year fell by 96.6% over the period, from 21,109 incomplete pathways (April 2010, the level when the government took office) to 713 (April 2015, the last complete period before it left office).

Inherited level April 2010: 21,109
Level when it left April 2015: 713
method: latest complete period before start / before end

Changes during this period do not by themselves show what the government caused. Statistics reflect many influences, including earlier decisions, the economy and how the data is collected.

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Definition and caveats

The number of incomplete consultant-led referral-to-treatment pathways in England that had been waiting more than 52 weeks at the end of the month, including NHS England's estimates for trusts that did not submit.

Doesn’t measure: People (one patient can hold several pathways), completed long waits, or waits for diagnostics, mental health or emergency care.