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Hospital waiting times 'under-recorded by three weeks'

Some hospitals are failing to accurately monitor how long thousands of their patients are waiting for treatment, a National Audit Office report has found.

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NHS Confederation: Waiting times are 'creeping up'

The average waiting time for patients receiving treatment in hospital "is creeping up" but remains within their targets, the NHS Confederation's chief operating officer has told BBC Radio 4's Today programme.

Average waiting times are increasing a bit but they are not increasing by a huge amount and 90% of people are being seen in the target time.

If the average waiting time is creeping up, then it shows there is pressure on the system and we need to take a look at that and make sure that things are done to deal with that.

– Matt Tee, chief operating officer of the NHS Confederation

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Hospital waiting times 'under-recorded by three weeks'

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