Figures published by NHS England show almost 5 million people are in the queue for treatment
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Almost 5 million people in England are waiting for hospital treatment – the highest number ever – as the NHS struggles to recover from the impact of Covid-19 on normal care.
At the same time the number of people who have been forced to wait more than a year to get into hospital has risen to over 400,000 – the most since 2007.
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