Data from NHS England shows that as of August this year, there were 45,700 outstanding treatments at York and Scarborough Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust – 1,319 of which had been waiting for a year or more.
This was a 69 per cent fall in waits of one year or more from 4,220 the year before.
The largest number of year-long waits at the trust were for neurology services, with 183 outstanding treatments.
This was followed by trauma and orthopaedic services, with 158 treatments.
Trust hospitals include those in York, Scarborough, Bridlington, Selby and Malton.
Across England, the number of year-long waits has fallen by 28 per cent, with around 282,700 outstanding treatments as of August.
A year earlier, this stood at 395,200, with a peak of 436,100 in March 2021.
During the same period, the overall waiting list has fallen by less than one per cent, showing the backlog in longer waits is being tackled more quickly.
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