They wait to get an appointment with their GP, they wait for a hospital appointment, they even wait to be discharged from hospital.

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When she finally found one, she had to wait weeks for the appointment.

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Patients also have to wait for their first appointment with a hospital doctor.

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The trust apologised to anyone who had had to wait for an ENT outpatient appointment.

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In the January sitting of Tynwald, Middle MHK Howard Quayle said some people on the island were having to wait years for a hospital appointment.

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To make a maintenance appointment, does a client need to wait at home for a 6-hour appointment window, have the technician show up late, and track mud through her freshly-cleaned carpet, no wonder she called to argue about the bill.

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But a quarter of patients said that they had to wait four days for a routine appointment.

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The average wait ranged from 24 days for an appointment with a pediatrician to 48 days to see an internist.

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While breast surgery patients are seen in less than a month, patients waiting for a pain management appointment can expect to wait years.

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