As I've had a lot of pushback on this, the answer is that NHS waiting lists in England have decreased since Labour took office in July 2024. Here's the evidence.
Total waiting list size stood at 7.6 million treatments (relating to approximately 6.4 million patients) in July 2024. By August 2025, it had fallen to around 7.4 million treatments (for about 6.25 million patients), a net reduction of roughly 200,000 treatments.
Proportion of patients seen within 18 weeks has improved from 58.8% in July 2024 to 61.3% by July 2025.
The drop under Labour follows a peak of 7.7 million in September 2023 under the previous Conservative government, with the downward trend accelerating into 2024โ2025.
Labour's initiatives, including an extra 2 million annual appointments (40,000 per week), expanded community diagnostic centres delivering over 6.5 million additional tests and scans since July 2024, and NHS App enhancements helping to avoid1.5 million missed appointments, have contributed to the progress.
Record treatments including 18 million in 2024 and diagnostics 28.3 million in 2024 have also supported the reduction.
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@Bambitoooo@TheDailyTyke2 You're right about strikers but for me it's about priorities and I think a better centre half is more important than a striker at present. Joint top league scorers aren't we? Nowhere near lowest conceded. If we need a better striker in January then revisit situation.
@Bambitoooo@TheDailyTyke2 I don't disagree but we could get a cheaper striker/forward than McAtee and spend the bulk of the spendable budget on a better centre half.