devlin. the latest monthly nhs figures for hospital waiting times in england, which look at a&e attendance numbers and waiting times for cancer treatment, ambulance and elective surgery, have been released in the last half an hour. they show that a total of 5.7 million people were waiting to start treatment at the end of august this year, the highest number since records began. the number of patients having to wait more than a year to start treatment was 292,138 in august which is down slightly on the previous month, but more than double the number waiting a year ago. and nearly 470,000 patients who visited a&e in september waited more than four hours to be treated its worst performance since 200a. let s get more on this from our health correspondent, jim reed. put these figures into more context, clearly showing a picture of continuing and significant pressure on the nhs. continuing and significant pressure on the nhs- continuing and significant pressure onthe nhs. , ., ., ., , ,
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