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4 million now on NHS waiting lists

MORE than four million patients are now waiting for treatment as Tory failings on the NHS mount towards “the single biggest crisis since its creation.”

Research by the Labour Party reveals that Tory targets for maximum waiting times on operations now exist in name only.

General union GMB said that, with 100,000 unfilled staff vacancies, the NHS has little chance of providing the treatment needed by those on waiting lists.

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