Despite increasing staff numbers, services in England are struggling to match pre-pandemic treatment levels
Other charts of the week: US companies offshoring profits, leaders in solar power, and attitudes to social change
Other charts of the week: the Antarctic ozone hole, Americans have fewer friends and marine debris
Western officials believe nation diverted sensitive exports targeted by sanctions
Other charts of the week: EU workers, Republicans and Twitter, young people who have not flown the nest and US presidential rematches
Other charts of the week: climate change in Europe, Americans and taxes, the popularity of big cars and job losses at news organisations
Other charts of the week: Voters’ views on Labour and the Conservatives, Chinese private sector in retreat, the US manufacturing boom and waning internet optimism
Overlapping global crises have led to fears of both high and low birth rates, research finds
Other charts of the week: British films at the international box office, censorship, trade unions win biggest pay rises in 30 years and the value of food stamps
Other charts of the week: US house prices, global happiness, hit songs and maternal mortality
Other charts of the week: marriage and remote working, Europeans love SUVs, Britons approve of EU leaders and they support nurses and ambulance strikes
Plan to offer free care for children from 9 months to 4 years will leave nurseries heavily reliant on government for income
Employers in the UK have made much greater use than expected of the new migration system to bring in workers
Other charts of the week: Chinese car exports, cash use in the eurozone, strikes in the UK and the rise of the single young American
Other charts of the week: Antarctic sea ice, gender inequality among decision makers, economy concern
Long-delayed white paper expected to try to curb football sponsorship and ban VIP packages on betting sites
Tight job market fuels increase in breaches as some state legislators push to relax rules
Other charts of the week: working from home, maternity services, currencies’ performance and endangered species
New ways of working are vital but ultimately the UK health service simply needs more cash, experts say
The UK’s national health system is showing signs of frailty as it nears its 75th birthday
Other charts of the week: European clean energy, Russia’s fuel earnings, aid to Ukraine and parental leave for fathers
Finnish officers take eight times longer to qualify than American counterparts
Other charts of the week: China’s trade with Russia, US non-aligned voters, art auctions, working from home and the yen
Services for the most vulnerable in society are being undone by funding cuts and collapsing social care infrastructure
Faced with long waits for treatment, millions pay for care
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