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Jan 2023
NHS bosses have set a target for no patient to be waiting 18 months for surgery at Harrogate District Hospital.
Officials at NHS England have told Harrogate and District NHS Foundation Trust, which runs the hospital, that its waiting lists of more than 78 weeks should be brought down by the end of March.
Currently, the trust has 120 patients waiting more than a year and a half to have an operation.
The figure has gradually fallen since April 2022, when 205 people were waiting 18 months or more for surgery.
The number of patients waiting for an operation at Harrogate District Hospital since April 2022. Data: HDFT.
However, the number of patients waiting 52 weeks or more still stands at 1,299 people, an increase on the figure of 1,187 last April.
A spokesperson for Harrogate and District NHS Foundation Trust said:
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