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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 April 2008 was 16 (compared to the total of 533,200).
• The number of patients, for whom English commissioners are responsible, waiting over 13 weeks at the end of April 2008 was 37,200, a decrease of 1,400 (3.7%) from March 2008, and a fall of 78,000 (67.7%) from April 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 April 2008 was 59 (compared to the total of 781,300). Of these 59, 36 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 April 2008 was 23,800, an increase of 1,900 (8.4%) from March 2008, but a fall of 64,200 (73.0%) from April 2007.

• Download NHS Inpatient and Outpatient Waiting Times Figures 30th April 2008 (PDF, 48K)

Additional tables are available here:

• Hospital Waiting times list statistics 2008/09 (opens new window)

Further information on the statistics on NHS waiting times is available here:

• Hospital waiting times and lists (opens new window)