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New figures uncovered by a Full Fact investigation show that the 3.6 million extra hospital appointments the government called a “massive increase” is actually less than the number added the year before.
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NHS data we got from freedom of information requests going back to 2018, shows that these types of appointments had already been going up for several years.
The latest rise is smaller than in 2023/24, and about the same as in 2022/23.
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