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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Ella Pickover

‘1,300 cancer patients’ have waited more than three months to start treatment

PA Wire

More than 1,000 cancer patients in England have waited over three months to start treatment, figures suggest.

On July 10, 1,366 people were still waiting for treatment to start 104 days after they were referred with an urgent suspected cancer and had since had their diagnosis confirmed, according to NHS data seen by the Health service Journal (HSJ).

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