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26 June 2024

During the #BBCDebate, Keir Starmer claimed “nearly 8 million people are on the waiting list”.

But that’s not what NHS England data shows. There are 7.6 million *cases* on the waiting list, involving about 6.3 million *patients*. #GE24 https://buff.ly/3xCmjpj
We’ve seen similar claims from other politicians and parties too.

As we’ve written before, there are always more cases than people in the data, because some people are awaiting treatment for more than one thing. #BBCDebate #GE24

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