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The key points from the latest release are:

Inpatient Waiting times

• The number of patients, for whom English commissioners are responsible, waiting over the 26 weeks standard for inpatient admission at the end of March 2008 was 71 (compared to the total of 526,200). Of these 71, none were English residents waiting for admission to a Welsh hospital.
• The number of patients, for whom English commissioners are responsible, waiting over 13 weeks at the end of March 2008 was 38,600, a decrease of 7,300 (15.9%) from February 2008, and a fall of 75,600 (66.3%) from March 2007.

Outpatient Waiting times

• The number of patients, for whom English commissioners are responsible, waiting over the 13 weeks standard for a first outpatient appointment following GP referral at the end of March 2008 was 109 (compared to the total of 755,000). Of these 109, 35 were English residents waiting for appointments in Welsh hospitals.

• The number of patients, for whom English commissioners are responsible, waiting over 8 weeks at the end of March 2008 was 21,900, an increase of 7,200 (48.7%) from February 2008, but a fall of 53,900 (71.1%) from March 2007.

• Download Statistical Press Notice NHS Inpatient and Outpatient Waiting Times Figures (PDF, 109K)