As the NHS prepares for what is expected to be a challenging winter period, today’s latest performance data shows there was record demand at A&Es in June, July and August combined, with 6,776,150 attendances – up 240,776 on the same period last year.

While there is huge pressure on services and patients are often waiting too long for care, there has been some progress in a number of areas, with faster ambulance response times, fewer long waits for treatment and more people receiving the all-clear or a definitive cancer diagnosis within a month.

Read more – NHSE (12/9/24)