The number of people waiting for routine hospital treatment in England has skyrocketed to another record high, official figures show
The number of people waiting for routine hospital treatment in England has skyrocketed to another record high, official figures show. As the crisis deepens, one in nine people (6.48million) were queuing for elective operations such as hip and knee replacements and cataracts surgery by April — up from the 6.36m stuck in March. There are …