If you're a woman worried about how the NHS crisis affects you, read this:
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Across England, 26% of women with a suspected cancerous lump in their breast wait longer than the two-week NHS standard for a consultation.
That's up from 13% in 2021 and 5% in 2010 when the Tories came to power.
https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/politics/1-4-breast-cancer-patients-29181440
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Labour analysis also shows a dangerous postcode lottery in women accessing healthcare.
The Midlands has the longest waiting times in England for non-obstetric ultrasound, with one in six waiting more than 13 weeks.
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/AnnelieseDodds/status/1624362659335352320
In the North East and Yorkshire, the number of women waiting for gynaecology treatment is up 36% in just a year.
More than 76,000 women were on waiting lists last year - up by more than 20,000 compared to the year before.
https://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/health/gynaecology-waiting-lists-north-east-26201014.amp
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In Yorkshire, almost a third of women are not up to date on cervical cancer screenings - way off the government's 90% target.
136,000 women could be waiting over 28 days to see their GP in the North East and Yorkshire.
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London has the lowest rate for cervical cancer screening in England, with less than two thirds of women in the capital up to date with their screening last year.
In boroughs such as Kensington and Chelsea and Westminster, screening rates are below 50%.
https://www.standard.co.uk/news/health/london-lowest-rate-cervical-cancer-screening-england-b1055717.html
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The idea that women with suspected breast cancer can be left waiting for weeks on end for a consultation is heartbreaking.
The fact that it is commonplace is disgraceful.
Women are paying the price for 13 years of abject failure from the Conservatives.
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/AnnelieseDodds/status/1624362681699295233
Labour has a fully costed plan to bring these waiting lists down by training thousands more doctors, nurses, midwives and health visitors.
We'll do it by abolishing the non-dom tax status so that everyone who lives here pays their taxes here.
Only Labour has a plan for our NHS.
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