Cancer treatment waiting times see 'concerning spike' as NHS plans to ditch key measures

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Health service has not delivered commitment to start urgent cancer treatment within 62-days since December 2015 amid rising demand and staff shortages

“We acknowledge that there are pressures on the health service, there are always extra pressures on the NHS in the winter, but we have the added pressures of the ageing population and the growing complex needs of the population,” Theresa May has said. Waits of over 12 hours in A&E among elderly people have more than doubled in two years, according to figures from NHS Digital.

 

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