A line chart from the Institute for Government showing Elective cases completed within 18 weeks of joining the waiting list, January 2010 to August 2025. Performance was stable around 85–94% until 2019 but collapsed during the COVID-19 pandemic, falling to below 50% in 2020. Recovery has been limited, with performance fluctuating around 60% since 2022, well short of the government’s targets of roughly 92% by the end of the parliament and 65% by March 2026.