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 NHS REPORT SHOWS INCREASE IN TREATMENTS
 The National Health Service provided   
 nearly 10 million treatments last year,
 an increase of 6% on the previous year,
 its annual report for England shows.   
                                        
 Waiting times for operations continued 
 to fall but there was a rise in the    
 number of cancelled operations.        
                                        
 The report also says that while        
 spending has increased in real terms,  
 budgets remain finite, and there will  
 always bj a gap between what the NHS   
 might want to do and what is possible. 
                                        
 It adds money can bj saved by ensuring 
 only effective treatments are provided.
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