The numbers on waiting lists for non-urgent hospital treatment in Wales have rocketed to new highs.
There were 624,909 people waiting in June, with the list climbing steadily each month and up by 41% since the beginning of lockdowns.
Those waiting the longest, more than nine months, rose again to 233,210.
Meanwhile, A&E departments and the Welsh ambulance service both had their busiest months since the pandemic began.
A&E waiting time performance was the worst on record – with only 69.8% of patients spending less than four hours waiting to be dealt with.
There were another 17,869 people added to the list in the past month and numbers waiting more than nine months grew by 5,457.
A Welsh government spokesperson said: “Waiting times for treatment continue to grow.
“However, it is encouraging to see progress being made with the number of patients waiting over 52 weeks falling for the third month in a row.
“We also saw the largest number of specialist consultations completed and treatments started in any month since the start of the pandemic.”
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