shocking figures uncovered by labour show some patients are suffering agonising waits of as many as 541 days to begin treatment
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.treatment delays are also causing needless anxiety and distress to patients as well as putting lives at serious risk (file pic)
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of the life claims declined, 0.85 per cent were due to mis-representation and 0.16 per cent due to the definition of terminal illness not being met.
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experts say years of cuts to nhs budgets and staff has led to patients waiting longer for chemotherapy and radiotherapy.
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"we are calling for the immediate implementation of a statutory duty of candour for the health trusts."
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