February 2026 - 5 min read
As of June 2025, there are 7.37 million patient pathways currently awaiting consultant-led treatment in England, a slight rise from previous months.(1)
What's more alarming is the “invisible waiting list”...
Nearly 3 million people have been referred by their GP but have not yet received EITHER a specialist appointment or a diagnostic test.(2)
That’s almost half of those not yet seen!
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A survey of 481 NHS doctors by the Medical Defence Union in 2025 revealed that 35% said fatigue has impaired their ability to treat patients safely.(3)
That's up from 26% in 2022…
Even more disturbingly, 69 patient-safety incidents were reported as near-misses or actual harm due to tiredness, double the figures recorded in 2022.(3)
With escalating NHS delays and overworked staff, privately insured patients are often seen significantly faster - it can be possible to get an appointment or treatment within days rather than weeks or months.
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(1)https://www.rcseng.ac.uk/news-and-events/media-centre/press-releases/rtt-waiting-times-aug-25/
(2)https://www.theguardian.com/society/2025/aug/01/three-million-on-nhs-england-waiting-lists-have-had-no-care-since-gp-referral
(3)https://www.themdu.com/press-centre/press-releases/doctors-more-sleep-deprived-now-than-after-pandemic
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