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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Andy Gregory

NHS cancer patients ‘facing post code lottery’ in waits for treatment

Jeff Moore/PA Wire

Cancer patients in England are facing a “post code lottery” in NHS treatment, Labour has warned, as new analysis uncovered disparities in waits for chemotherapy and tumour removal.

Newly proposed government targets state that 85 per cent of patients should receive cancer treatment within two months of receiving an urgent GP referral.

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