NHS crisis: How the cancer waiting list ruined my life | Times Reports

A cancer patient waited 100 days before receiving treatment for stage 4 bowel cancer. The Times reports from an NHS cancer ward as waiting lists continue to grow.

The Conservatives have insisted that they are succeeding in bringing NHS waiting times down, as Rishi Sunak was accused by Labour of failing on a key pledge to get people treated faster.

The prime minister admitted on Thursday that he had failed on his promise in January last year. He had said “NHS waiting lists will fall and people will get the care they need more quickly”, but an extra 300,000 patients are now waiting for hospital care.

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