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Evening Standard
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Daniel Keane

Government misses cancer target as 22,000 people wait more than two months for treatment

More than 22,000 patients have been waiting over two months to begin urgent cancer treatment, according to new figures.

In a written answer given to MPs on March 17, social care minister Helen Whately said that 22,282 people were waiting more than 62 days for treatment following a referral at the end of February.

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