Waiting list hike leads to delays for some treatments

By Ben Clover2013-11-28T00:01:00

A deliberate slowdown in the treatment of people with less serious ailments and the discovery of groups of patients who were not previously recorded in national statistics could be behind growing waiting lists, experts have said.

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