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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the total amount paid out in critical illness claims was £75.19m, with cancer accounting for 74 per cent of claims from women, mainly breast cancer, alongside 51 per cent from men.
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the youngest claimant was aged 20, and the eldest aged 89, while the average policy duration at claim stage was 10 years.
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