Patients waiting up to nine years for hospital treatment, doctors claim

Hospital waiting lists are out of control, consultants have claimed.

Patients waiting up to nine years for hospital treatment, doctors claim

Hospital waiting lists are out of control, consultants have claimed.

More than 589,000 patients are in queues for some form of treatment in public hospitals, the country's top doctors have warned, with some people waiting up to nine years to be seen.

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