NHS wait times on rise despite pledge

NHS waiting times in Wales have increased again despite the Welsh Government's key pledge to reduce that number.

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The latest NHS waiting time figures were released yesterday and show the number of patient ‘pathways’ waiting two years for treatment is 8,005 for July 2025, up from 7,447 the month before. Both, however, are dramatically down on May when it was 10,254.

A pathway is slightly different to an individual patient, because one patient could be under multiple pathways.

In England, there are 244 patients, according to NHS England, waiting more than 104 weeks for treatment.