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People living in poorer regions of England face longer waits for routine NHS care, new analysis finds
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PEOPLE living in poorer regions of England face longer waits for routine NHS care, new analysis has revealed.
The backlog has grown to 5.61 million people, equal to almost one person in every 10 in England.
New analysis from health think tank the King’s Fund shows people living in the most deprived areas in England are 1.8 times as likely to experience a wait of over one year for hospital care compared with people from the most affluent.
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