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More than 800 suspected cancer patients urgently referred to trust were not seen within two-week target

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Get the day's biggest stories sent direct to your inbox so you never miss a thing More than 800 patients with suspected cancer who were referred to Salford Royal for urgent appointments had not been seen within the two-week target time.

NHS data for June shows that 803 patients (more than 40 per cent of the total referred) had not been seen by a specialist at Salford within the 14-day target, while 132 of those on the waiting list had still not been seen after a month of waiting.

Of the 1,934 patients referred, 1,131 were seen within the 14 days. READ MORE: How to get a flu jab and who is eligible for a free vaccine Salford’s figures drove a trend in Greater Manchester which meant that overall more than one in 10 patients referred by GPs

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