Department of Health and hospital doctors at odds over growing waiting lists 

Data for August shows while around 44,000 people were treated in hospitals, the number added to the waiting lists shot up by almost 72,000 more than was expected.

A row has broken out between the Department of Health and hospital doctors over mounting treatment waiting lists, with consultants calling for an urgent funding injection to build hospitals.

Data for August shows while around 44,000 people were treated in hospitals, the number added to the waiting lists shot up by almost 72,000 more than was expected.