�such figures underline how vital it is that the government supports the nhs to improve waiting times this year.�
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.experts say years of cuts to nhs budgets and staff has led to patients waiting longer for chemotherapy and radiotherapy (file pic)
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.. a little under 60% of these encounters resulted in hospitalization and of these, about 13% required intensive care.
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chemotherapy involved two hours at the hospital every other week. he'd leave wearing a fanny pack that would continue to deliver treatment for 48 straight hours, one slow drip at a time.
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