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629,000 People On Waiting List For Outpatient Appointment

A record of almost 629,000 people are waiting for their first hospital outpatient appointment.

The number has grown regularly in recent months, due to the impact of Covid-19.

Almost 80,000 people are waiting for an inpatient or day-case treatment.

Nearly 882,000 people on are some form of waiting list - which is also a record.

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