Record 862,720 people on hospital treatment waiting lists

A record 20,813 patients are waiting over a year for hospital inpatient/day care - an increase of 11,103 year on year. File Picture: Neil Hall/PA Wire

A record 862,720 people are now on some form of hospital treatment waiting list, according to new figures from the National Purchase Treatment Fund (NTPF). 

The NTPF report shows that the number of patients waiting over a year or longer for hospital treatment is now double what it was before the Covid-19 pandemic and 200 times higher than it was in 2014.