Yet waiting lists and managers are forced to apply waiting lists only account for the patients who come from GPs.

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That means your money is always working for you, instead of idling in a no-interest checking account while waiting to be spent on bills or moved to savings.

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In another account for iReport, Dennery describes people at a returnee camp waiting up to 12 hours to collect water for their families.

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They say it does not take in to account different approaches by councils, factors such as how many groups of siblings are waiting to be adopted in an area (they are harder to place), whether the adoptions last or how well children in care go on to do in their education.

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