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shocking figures uncovered by labour show some patients are suffering agonising waits of as many as 541 days to begin treatment.notify me of new posts via email..

(soundbite of les pommes de ma douche's "trompettes de la renommee") transcript provided by npr, copyright npr..experts say years of cuts to nhs budgets and staff has led to patients waiting longer for chemotherapy and radiotherapy (file pic).