NI patients wait longer for treatment than Britain

Hospital patients in Northern Ireland are forced to wait longer for treatment than in Britain, a damning new report disclosed today.

Thu, 25 Nov, 2004 - 07:22

Hospital patients in Northern Ireland are forced to wait longer for treatment than in Britain, a damning new report disclosed today.

Nearly 6,900 people in the North needing non-urgent operations experienced at least a 12-month wait, compared with none in Scotland and just over 550 in England, latest figures showed.

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