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Some 10,201 people had waited more than 18 months to start treatment at the end of September, up from 8,998 at the end of August.

Some 7,289 people had waited more than 18 months to start treatment at the end of July, up from 7,177 at the end of June.

Some 58.7% of cancer patients waited less than two months for their first treatment after an urgent GP referral.

Four groups have sent a joint letter to the Department for Communities outlining their deep concerns over the budget.

FIGURES showing a significant increase in children waiting for a heart transplant underline the urgent need for families to have difficult conversations about organ donation.

Cash injection will see 1.7 million people treated and will reduce numbers waiting by 18%

FEARS about the impact of spiralling waiting lists are mounting a week after the Stormont executive collapsed.

HUNDREDS of vulnerable children on the Education Welfare Service waiting list "risk being left behind by the system", former Justice Minister Claire Sugden has warned Against a backdrop of Covid-19 challenges she said an ongoing pay dispute has added pressure to the service which now has 773 "unallocated" children identified as requiring help.

THE Stormont Health committee chair has said it is "deeply concerning" that inequalities are developing in accessing autism services - with parents paying for private assessments due to waiting lists.

Figures obtained by The Irish News reveal the scale of the backlog is double that of three years ago, with young patients in the Northern, Belfast and Western trusts worst affected.