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Legal Right to Eighteen-Week Treatment

Great Britain · Government / Labour Party Government. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

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2010

Andy Burnham1 April 2010

England · Government / Labour Party Government

The NHS Constitution is strengthened so eligible patients gain a legal right to start consultant-led treatment within eighteen weeks unless specified exceptions apply.

Names involved

Andy Burnham

Provenance

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