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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
World
Daniel Keane

Fewer than half of NHS trusts expect to meet targets on waiting lists and cancer

A hospital ward (File picture)

(Picture: PA Wire)

Most NHS trusts do not feel confident that they will meet key targets on waiting lists and cancer, a report has found, as the health service braces for a winter of unprecedented pressure.

A poll of health trust leaders for NHS Providers found under half (48 per cent) felt their trust was on track to meet elective recovery and cancer targets by the end of the financial year.

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