.the data also revealed 66% of trusts who replied had at least one cancer patient forced to wait over six months to start treatment, and 69% had a worse longest wait than in 2010...the statistics i�m quoting reveal a problem on the level of a tsunami sweeping across the whole of america and europe.. in yarmouth two years ago sent five children home, causing young students at the very least to miss valuable school days.. september 2010 (16)..�such figures underline how vital it is that the government supports the nhs to improve waiting times this year.�