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NHS cancels the operations of 140K patients to save money. (www.bbc.co.uk)
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[–] amemorablename@lemmygrad.ml 16 points 3 days ago

They told the BBC: "I had a full day of joint surgery planned this week and patients were just told a few weeks before that their life-changing operations would not be taking place.

"Many of them had been waiting over 40 weeks for treatment. It's devastating for them."

That's... 10 months, no? Nearly a year only to have it canceled.