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1970 |
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1990 |
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1999 |
Coverage: England
Source: DH
- Waiting lists fell by 121,000 between June 1999 and September 2003.
- In September 2003 there were nearly 974,000 people on NHS waiting lists - slightly fewer (21,000) than in March 1993.
Indicators of Sustainable Development |
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| Indicator: NHS Hospital waiting lists | F4 | ||||||||
| Number of people waiting admission at NHS hospitals: 1993 to 2002 | |||||||||
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| Objective: Provide people with access to effective healthcare, based on patients' needs, and not on where they live or their ability to pay | |||||||||
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