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Boy, 16, referred for hospital checks given NHS appointment in June 2025
A BOY of 16 referred for hospital checks has been given an NHS appointment in June 2025.
The teenager must wait 951 days before he can be assessed for a urology-related problem.
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His dad was staggered when the confirmation arrived from Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust.
He said: “We expected a nine-month wait, but to be told it is more than two-and-a-half years — I was just incredulous.
“If nothing changes my son will have this problem until he is 18.”
The Trust blamed Covid and recruitment woes.
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A spokesman said: “We apologise. The length of the wait is rare.”
He said the Trust is working with other hospitals to cut wait times.
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