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Cancer timebomb as huge rise in patients waiting over 104 days for treatment – Liverpool Echo
Urgent treatment is being prioritised but waiting lists rocketed during the latest surges of covid infections
A worrying backlog of patients waiting more than 104 days for cancer treatment has built up in Merseyside over the latest lockdown.
NHS targets state cancer patients should wait no more than 62 days between being referred and beginning treatment.
Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (LUHFT), which runs the Royal Liverpool, Aintree and Broadgreen hospitals, reported that cancer waiting lists “deteriorated” during the third surge after having improved over summer.
According to internal…
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