Claim: There are seven and a half million people on NHS waiting lists.
Fact-check: There are about 6.3 million people on the NHS England waiting list - Full Fact
Verdict: that's not what the latest nhs data shows. about 6.3 million people are estimated to be on the main nhs england waiting list. some need more than one kind of treatment, so there are about 7.6 million cases on the list.
Organisation: Full Fact
Author: Sian Bayley
Date published: 2024-06-20T00:00:00