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Average wait time for waiting-list diagnosis nears 10 months (Getty)
More than four million NHS patients are awaiting diagnosis, according to a new report.
New analysis undertaken by the think tank Policy Exchange found that 80 per cent of the 5.3 million-long NHS waiting list are yet to be diagnosed, with an average wait-time approaching 10 months.
The report, A Wait on Your Mind, called for the government to invest £1.3bn in new funding for diagnostics to slash the average wait-time to eight weeks.
Around 20 per cent of cancers are diagnosed on referrals for other medical problems, meaning that there were likely to be hundreds of cancer patients going undiagnosed within each NHS hospital in England, according to the report.
Cancer sufferers among millions left in limbo by nine-month waits for a diagnosis
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Strictly companion series after ten years as one of its presenters.
On Instagram, she broke the news: Dance lovers, after 10 joyous years I am waltzing away from
It Takes Two. As a massive @bbcstrictly fan I have loved spending my Autumn teatimes with the celebrity dancers, the gorgeous & awesome pro dancers, the judges, my girl Vicky Gill, Rylan, Gethin & of course my main man Ian Waite. Time now for some new cha cha challenges. I will continue to support the
Strictly family on the Breakfast Show & can t wait to watch the Class Of 2021 from my sofa. Huge love & grateful thanks to Tess & Claude & the whole