experts say years of cuts to nhs budgets and staff has led to patients waiting longer for chemotherapy and radiotherapy..
the youngest claimant was aged 20, and the eldest aged 89, while the average policy duration at claim stage was 10 years..
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.the total amount paid out in critical illness claims was £75.19m, with cancer accounting for 74 per cent of claims from women, mainly breast cancer, alongside 51 per cent from men..
it causes stroke and dementia as well as mood disturbance. svd increases with age but is accelerated by hypertension and diabetes.