Labour's Wes Streeting slates the Prime Minister over the rise in the waiting lists

More than 7.54million procedures like hip replacements were waiting to be carried out at the end of February. Tens of thousands were booked in over a year ago, and tens of thousands more booked in last year. NHS waiting lists fall for fifth month in a row in February.

Figures show 330,000 more people are waiting for NHS treatment since Rishi Sunak promised to cut them. Rishi's Sunak had pledged to cut the waiting list by cutting them since 2010. Figures show more than 300,000 people have been waiting for treatment since Sunak's pledge.

NHS waiting list for hip and knee replacements fell to 7.58million in January. That is a drop of almost 28,000 on the previous month. NHS waiting lists down despite record strike action in the NHS despite the strike action. The waiting lists for procedures such as hip, knee replacements also fell to around 7.57million last month.